An Analysis of the Identity Crisis of Transylvanian Hungarian Emigrant Intellectuals Cover Image

Erdélyi magyar áttelepült értelmiségiek identitásválságának elemzése
An Analysis of the Identity Crisis of Transylvanian Hungarian Emigrant Intellectuals

Author(s): Klára Vörös
Subject(s): Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Transylvania; Hungarian intellectual; Hungary; migration; identity crisis

Summary/Abstract: The leitmotif of this study consists in tracking and understanding the path of the Transylvanian Hungarian intelligentsia who moved to Hungary during the exodus beginning in the 1980s. The author’s research, carried out through the coping questionnaire and the in-depth interview guided by specific criteria, involved 50 subjects. It highlights the specific situation of a minority, determined by the history of that age, in which forced emigration proved to be an important factor, the reasons for their decision to emigrate, and the factors of the subsequent identity crisis and its attempted solutions. The author presents an authentic picture of their condition and analyzes it in an unbiased way, based on the aspects of the identity crisis reflected in individual destinies.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 81-91
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian
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