“Philosophers were the first targets of Orbán’s ‘culture war.’” That’s László Szücs (Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg), talking to Courthouse News Service about “the so-called ‘philosophers’ affair’: Orbán’s and his media’s first major anti-intellectual campaign.” It is “the saga of how the government slowly throttled an archive and research center inside the old apartment of György Lukács, a world-renowned Marxist philosopher from Budapest.” Szücs is part of the Lukács Archive International
Authoritarianism & Philosophy: After Orbán’s Ouster, an Effort to Reopen the Lukács Archive
Justin Weinberg
