DEMOCRATIZING SACRED SPACE PERSPECTIVES IN BUDAPEST AFTER DEMOCRATICAL TURN

Abstract

The transition process is partly due to the change in the legislative environment, the mode
and content of the wider and comprehensive social discourse. More honest and open
ínteractíons between people in the city and the politicalforces that run the city and the
State have been established. Broader social groups and actors can fearlessly express their
opinions and express their commitment, create micro-spaces where they can carry outselfdefinition experiments and testthemselves, and strengthen their identity. From 1990, itcan
be clearly observed that the urban world is becoming more open (Enyedi, 2012) is already
suitablefor the development ofmulticultural, multi-ethnic and "multi-religious" discourse
communities. Notonly the transformation ofthe economic structure, bút alsó the renewal
ofcultural, educational and social institutionalsystems and the appearance ofnew square
practices influenced the reorganization and transformation ofthe urban space after the
régimé change. In this study, I attempt to examine the theoretical and practically
observable moments ofthis process in the sacred space ofBudapest.