Europe politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month agoThe Global Stakes of Hungary's Pivotal Election
Viktor Orbán's regime in Hungary faces potential collapse, impacting strongman politics in Europe and right-wing movements globally.
We are witnessing the restoration of patriarchy, nationalism, racism, and capitalist individualism. It is the nostalgic fury of right-wing movements that want to return to an idealized past one that perhaps never truly existed and to reestablish hierarchical orders. This is the terrifying panorama described by Judith Butler. Butler, 69, spoke last Friday at the Reina Sofia Museum auditorium in Madrid with Joseba Elola, coordinator of EL PAIS's Ideas supplement, during a subscriber event marking the publication's 10th anniversary.