CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Nagy, Anna Barbara |
|---|---|
| Title | Ideology Meets Urban Planning: The Erzsebet Avenue Project as the Reflection of Nationalist and Antisemitic Discourses in the Early 20th Century Budapest |
| Summary | The late 19th century witnessed a remarkable development of the architectural and urban layout of Budapest. Large-scale refurbishment programs were framed as the symbolic representative of the national interests, and simultaneously, existing neighborhoods were evaluated according to whether they fit the future visions for the Hungarian capital city. This thesis deals with the 40-year history of the unrealized Erzsébet Avenue that meant to restructure Elizabethtown, a neighborhood with significant Jewish population. It looks at the disputes around the project to track the manifestation of ideological discourses governing the period between 1900 and 1942. The discourse analysis of previously under-researched sources aims to tell the story of the assimilation of Hungarian Jewry as well as the nationalist and antisemitic discourse through the lens of urban planning. |
| Supervisor | Kovács, András |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/nagy_anna.pdf |
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