Félek tehát vagyok. Félelem mint politikai identitás
I Fear, Therefore I Am. Fear as Political Identity

Summary/Abstract: This theoretical study seeks to examine the connection between fear and political identity. It is proven that the emotional dimension plays an important role in the process of identity formation and identity-maintenance. In this article, I would like to argue that fear is a universal experience which in some way forms the identity of all and it can have a political relevance as well. The paper consists of two main parts. The fi rst chapter deals mainly with studies related to fear from the fi eld of social sciences, and it discusses its complex nature. It distinguishes between individual and social levels of fear, and it also differentiates between the universal and the constructed aspect of the studied phenomenon. The second part analyzes political identity as group identity, and it seeks to show the potential connection points between identity and fear. The most important result of this paper is that it contributes to a topic that is relatively unexplored in the fi eld of political science in Hungary, and it also intends to provide inspiration for future empirical studies.

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