CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Klein, Alexander Jakab |
|---|---|
| Title | Speaking About Civilizations: Understanding Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanyahu Through a New Take on Civilizational Discourse |
| Summary | Neither Ideology or Nationalism can fully explain the discourses of both Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This thesis looks into a new discourse framework – Civilizational Discourse – as opposed to broadening the already broad definitions of both Ideology and Nationalism, in order to better understand the discourses of Orban and Netanyahu. While the scope of this thesis is to establish if the current debates in Europe and in Israel are civilizational debates, this is done by first looking at the International Relations literature on civilizations, in order to find ways of recognizing civilizational discourse. The findings of this thesis is that both Orban and Netanyahu have a civilizational dimension to their discourse, though to different extents. While Orban sees Europe as a Civilization and contextualizes Hungary within it, Netanyahu contextualizes Israel within the ‘Free World,’ and though this civilizational construct has a sizable ideological component to it, it is still mainly civilizational. As such, there is a civilizational dimension to the ongoing debates in Europe and in Israel, though more research is needed in order to understand the full extent of this phenomenon. |
| Supervisor | Astrov, Alexander |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/klein_alexander.pdf |
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