Truth and/or peace: the political toolkit of the Hungarian Jewish Congress (1868-69)

Controversial religious or quasi-religious issues were responsible for the split within Hungarian Jewry. At the Congress, dividing lines over non-religious, 'political' controversies correlated only loosely with those over religious issues, as a rule. In this paper we limit ourselves to co...

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Published inJewish culture and history Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 240 - 261
Main Author Turán, Tamás
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.07.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Centralization
Delegates
Discourse
Elections
Hungarian Jewish Congress
Hungarian Jewish Orthodoxy
Jewish demography and statistics
Jewish people
Jewish political culture
Judaism
Legislatures
neolog Judaism
Political culture
Political discourse
Politics
Religion
Statistics
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ISSN1462-169X
2167-9428
DOI10.1080/1462169X.2020.1796372

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Summary:Controversial religious or quasi-religious issues were responsible for the split within Hungarian Jewry. At the Congress, dividing lines over non-religious, 'political' controversies correlated only loosely with those over religious issues, as a rule. In this paper we limit ourselves to corroborating this thesis by taking a closer look at three items on the Congress's political agenda: (1) electoral issues, (2) centralization, and (3) ecclesiastical analogies. The paper demonstrates the profound impact that Hungarian contemporary political discourse exerted on Congress delegates in both camps.
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ISSN:1462-169X
2167-9428
DOI:10.1080/1462169X.2020.1796372