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Anyone with an interest in the fate of Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe will enjoy reading Antal's work, which contains many original observations and analyses. Understanding how neoliberalism integrates into Central and Eastern Europe and became a Zeitgeist is a key issue from a historical perspective and also for the contemporary Hungarian situation. Neoliberalization has been under-researched in many respects and the volume aims to fill this gap with the tools of critical thinking. It also highlights how the management of the COVID crisis is deeply embedded in the neoliberal political and economic-social 'tradition'. This work, which is essentially a history of ideas, shows how Hungary has contributed to the development of neoliberalism, first and foremost by constantly suspending normality. The book is an important document of independent, autonomous thinking. I can only recommend reading it. -- Tamas Krausz, author of Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography In this overarching political history, Antal weaves together insights from an impressively large body of scholarship. He convincingly demonstrates that in the last 50 years, neoliberalism has been the norm throughout Hungary's three different political regimes. The book also serves as a helpful guide for scholars and students, offering a comprehensive introduction to neoliberalism and Hungary's political economy. -- Gabor Scheiring, Bocconi University In this exciting book, Antal, a leading Hungarian political theorist, argues that neoliberalism is far more than just a recent trend: It is a historically embedded phenomenon in the eastern part of Europe. Antal not only demonstrates that neoliberalism is inseparable from biopolitics and from the state of exception, but he argues convincingly that neoliberalization is a strategy of disruption, not of stabilization. -- Andras Bozoki, Central European University, Vienna

Anyone with an interest in the fate of Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe will enjoy reading Antal's work, which contains many original observations and analyses. Understanding how neoliberalism integrates into Central and Eastern Europe and became a Zeitgeist is a key issue from a historical perspective and also for the contemporary Hungarian situation. Neoliberalization has been under-researched in many respects and the volume aims to fill this gap with the tools of critical thinking. It also highlights how the management of the COVID crisis is deeply embedded in the neoliberal political and economic-social 'tradition'. This work, which is essentially a history of ideas, shows how Hungary has contributed to the development of neoliberalism, first and foremost by constantly suspending normality. The book is an important document of independent, autonomous thinking. I can only recommend reading it. -- Tamás Krausz, author of Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography In this overarching political history, Antal weaves together insights from an impressively large body of scholarship. He convincingly demonstrates that in the last 50 years, neoliberalism has been the norm throughout Hungary's three different political regimes. The book also serves as a helpful guide for scholars and students, offering a comprehensive introduction to neoliberalism and Hungary's political economy. -- Gabor Scheiring, Bocconi University In this exciting book, Antal, a leading Hungarian political theorist, argues that neoliberalism is far more than just a recent trend: It is a historically embedded phenomenon in the eastern part of Europe. Antal not only demonstrates that neoliberalism is inseparable from biopolitics and from the state of exception, but he argues convincingly that neoliberalization is a strategy of disruption, not of stabilization. -- András Bozóki, Central European University, Vienna

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Attila Antal is senior lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law and a coordinator at the Social Theory Research Group at the Institute of Political History.

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