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…in light of on-going harassment by the fascist governent n Hungary. European Union, where are you?
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UPDATE: Philosopher Tim Crane (CEU) comments on these developments. See also the informative comment, below, by philosopher Katalin Balog (Rutgers).
CEU has been the last major cultural institution outside of the control of the Hungarian government.
The CEU kerfuffle is a preview of our own future if the republicans hold Congress. The Hungarian government has made no secret of the fact that they are now moving to eradicate any last scraps of media and academic freedom as well as any NGOs that still can operate in Hungary. Much of this is connected with the government’s anti-Semitic hate campaign against George Soros (the founder of CEU) that they made the central plank of their election platform in the spring.
The Hungarian government told the US Ambassador to Hungary, David Cornstein, that it is not going to sign the agreement with New York State over CEU (which they negotiated a year ago and which has been ready to sign ever since). This is it, for CEU. The consequences for Hungary are even worse. This happens at a time when Orbán has recently barred gender studies programs in Hungary from issuing degrees. He also has attacked and sidelined leaders of other cultural institutions such as the Opera, various museums (including the Hungarian literary archives, inducting outright fascists into the Hungarian literary canon), as well as has taken over control over the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with its sprawling network of research institutes (including in philosophy).
Some articles on the background:
and this actually provides a far more unvarnished summary of what Ignatieff has to say about EU inaction re: CEU:
https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/ceu-rector-calls-eu-less-talk-and-more-action
If this is allowed to happen it will be another breakthrough in what autocrats can do within the framework of the European Union. No guarantees. More and more, it is anything goes.
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