Refeudalization
Refeudalization

Summary/Abstract: After clarifying the conceptual frame, the author describes and interprets the refeudalizing tendencies of global capitalism in the first part of the study. The subject of the second part is an exploration of the refeudalizing processes in Hungary from the period of “existing socialism” to the present day. She concludes about the global system that the refeudalizing processes are immanent features of new capitalism, which come about as the wildings of unbridled capitalism on the one hand, and in defense against them, on the other. Concerning the Hungarian processes, the author’s main conclusion is that the tendencies of refeudalization strengthen when – in addition to internal causes – the semi-peripheral “system” exposed to global processes faces a strong external challenge. This challenge involves a radical change in the geopolitical, geoeconomic equilibrium, entailing more marked feudalistic, authoritarian endeavors.

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