Hungary's National Identity
National identify defines the elements of a country that bind them; they are elements of belonging. They are the elements of a nation and its people, the common language, religion, flag, history, ethnicity, attitudes, and policies. Othering encompasses the common processes that separate groups, causing inequality and often marginality (Powell & Menendian, 2018). In an article on Hungary, Kende (2018) quoted this view of otherness, “Only when there is an Other can you know who you are. To discover this fact is to discover and unlock the whole enormous history of nationalism and racism. Racism is a structure of discourse and representation that tries to expel the Other symbolically – blot it out at the margin.” Hungary is arguably the country most clearly facing this duality verbally, politically, and ethically. There is justification of a return to defending “ national identity and its cultural, ethnic, and constitutional components are now regularly used to jus...