![]() ![]() Emancipation and fluid identities are counterbalanced by a discourse where traditions provide ontological security and culturally defined identities. First, it contrasts progressive modernizing values. It proposes the concept of neo-traditionalism as a more comprehensive lens of analysis of the anti-colonial narrative against the "foreign liberal West" to defend the "genuine traditional Europe." Neo-traditionalism in Central-Eastern Europe captures two criticisms of progressive liberalism. ![]() The article contributes to the literature on the cultural aspects of illiberalism as it offers an innovative theoretical examination of illiberalism(s) in the region. Although a populist aspect is certainly present, reductio ad populismum neglects other interpretations of the current political polarization. The enormous attention devoted to populism has simplified the framework for analysis of the "illiberal turn" in Central-Eastern Europe. ![]()
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