In the history of thought, Gáspár Miklós Tamás is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Gáspár Miklós Tamás as Hungarian philosopher (1948–2023).
Gáspár Miklós Tamás was born at Cluj-Napoca in 1948. His recorded nationality is Hungary. He studied at Babeș-Bolyai University.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at Central European University.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy and political science.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
Recognition followed: Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (2005) and The Republic is Twenty Years Old Prize (2009).
That the work was done from Hungary matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Gáspár Miklós Tamás died in 2023, aged 75. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic — 2005
- The Republic is Twenty Years Old Prize — 2009
- Held posts at Central European University
- Fields: philosophy and political science
