The highly successful book The Curse of Popularity published jointly by CDI Hungary and CFR, has been the subject of several book launches.
The book was edited by Dr. Bernadett Petri and Dr. Kristóf Heil, with essays from Hungarian, Slovenian, Venezuelan, Italian, and German contributors. The various chapters in the book explore the nature and history of the phenomenon that has come to be known as populism.
The two editors have presented the book in the name of CDI Hungary with outstanding success in Hungary and abroad. Dr. Bernadett Petri participated in a conference organised by the Institute of Justice in Warsaw, where she had the opportunity to present the book.
Dr. Kristóf Heil had the opportunity to present the book, which was published last April, at several panel discussions and events organised by RETÖRKI, Eötvös Lóránd University – Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, the Kossuth Klub, the GRUND Association, among others, which were received with great interest.
Book Tours: The Curse of Popularity
The highly successful book The Curse of Popularity published jointly by CDI Hungary and CFR, has been the subject of several book launches.
The book was edited by Dr. Bernadett Petri and Dr. Kristóf Heil, with essays from Hungarian, Slovenian, Venezuelan, Italian, and German contributors. The various chapters in the book explore the nature and history of the phenomenon that has come to be known as populism.
The two editors have presented the book in the name of CDI Hungary with outstanding success in Hungary and abroad. Dr. Bernadett Petri participated in a conference organised by the Institute of Justice in Warsaw, where she had the opportunity to present the book.
Dr. Kristóf Heil had the opportunity to present the book, which was published last April, at several panel discussions and events organised by RETÖRKI, Eötvös Lóránd University – Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, the Kossuth Klub, the GRUND Association, among others, which were received with great interest.
Advent Dialogue with the Dialogue Foundation
In the spirit of the Christmas, seeking peace – Advent Dialogue
CDI Hungary was honoured to organise jointly with the Dialogue Foundation, the Advent Dialogue in Leányfalu.
Second conservative ladies’ breakfast
The CDI Hungary had the opportunity to organise jointly with the Foundation for a Civic Hungary the Conservative Ladies’ Breakfast for the second time, in which we were honored to host Judit Varga, former Minister of Justice of Hungary as our special guest.
Former Minister Varga genuinly shared her insights and thoughts on current political matters and some of the most important challenges of the year ahead and the upcoming EP elections were discussed.
Book launch: The Sao Paulo Forum’s Cultural Warfare
Together with the Christian Democratic Institute the Center for Fundamental Rights hosted a book launch on November 29th for the book “The Sao Paulo Forum’s Cultural Warfare” published by the Christian Democratic Institute.
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REVIEW OF THE BOOK THE CURSE OF POPULARITY: Hurray, populism! A spirit of the times in which the time for excuses is over
The Curse of Popularity (A népszerűség átka) has been reviewed in Hungarian and in English on the website Kultúra és Közösség by Almadi Sejla.
“From the approximately eleven crisply written but factual chapters, we can learn about the conceptual difficulties of (political) populism, its history from the 19th century to the present day, and its current characteristics broken down into individual countries, parties, movements and leaders. As a final conclusion, populism can be the highest expression of democracy, but it is at least the path leading to it, and by no means its opposite.”
The full text of the review is available at the link below:
17_Almadi_2023_03.pdf (kulturaeskozosseg.hu)
Visit of the Elderly Home of Order of Malta in Páty
“Defence of the Faith and assistance to the poor.“
In a common initiative of the Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Christian Democratic Institute in Hungary an official visit has been organized to the Elderly Home of the Order of Malta in Páty.
The visit was attended by Her Excellency Trine Skymoen, Ambassador of Norway, who took the elderly with her presentation on an excursion to Norway, bringing to live many wonderful images of her beloved country.
Review of the book The Curse of Popularity: Vox Populi, vox Dei?
The Curse of Popularity (A népszerűség átka) has been reviewed in Hungarian on the highly read Újkor.hu history education portal.
“The author of these lines does not wish to contribute to the extensive political science debates and to the intensification of the cavalcade of terminology; however, he wishes to praise the authors of The Curse of Popularity for having taken the concept of populism out of the mainstream canon of interpretation – if you like, out of the politically correct use of language and terms – and, in addition to the analysis of its historical antecedents, also focusing on contemporary phenomena.”
– Alex Pongrácz, the author
The full text of the review is available at the link below:
https://ujkor.hu/content/vox-populi-vox-dei-a-nepszeruseg-atka-es-a-populistak
Keynote address by Christiaan Alting von Geusau: The Relation between Faith and Education
Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau is the Co-Chair of the Christian Democratic Institute’s Advisory Board, leads the International Catholic Legislators Network (ICLN), which he founded in 2010 to provide Christian politicians with faith formation, education and networking opportunities. He is the founder and principal of Ambrose Advice e.U., a company that provides strategic advisory and leadership coaching to senior public office holders around the world. Dr. von Geusau is Rector emeritus and Professor for Philosophy of Law and Education at ITI Catholic University in Austria and honorary Professor of Law at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola in Peru.
Book Launch: The Curse of Popularity
Together with the Brussels Office of the Foundation for a Civic Hungary the Christian Democratic Institute had the pleasure to host a book launch on September 25th for the book published together with the Center for Fundamental Rights “The Curse of Popularity” in Brussels.
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Chances and OPPORTUNITIES for Christian Democracy in Europe, roundtable discussion with Gudrun Kugler
What chances and oppurtunities does Christian Democracy has in Europe and how can Christian democracy grow in Europe if the number of Christians practising their faith, and with them Christian politicians, is dwindling?
Among other things, this was discussed by Gudrun Kugler, jurist, theologian, member of the Austrian People’s Party, Member of the Austrian Parliament since 2017, and and Lőrinc Nacsa, politician, member of the KDNP, Member of Parliament, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 15th of September, 2023 in a panel discussion organized jointly with the Szent István Institute at Scruton’s Zoltán Street Café.