Conflicting bonds of nationality in Hungary; national identity, minority status, and ethnicity

Abstract

Abstract This paper delineates the patterns of national identity in contemporary Hungary and discusses these in relation to the increasingly xenophobic attitudes of Hungarians towards minorities, including ethnic Hungarians arriving in Hungary from Transylvania. Using empirical findings from recent surveys carried out in Hungary, the authors show how the patterns of national identification on the rise in contemporary Hungary conflate the past and the present in a way that could lead to disastrous consequences.