Gáspár Miklós Tamás

Gáspár Miklós Tamás
Born November 28, 1948
Cluj, Romania
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Continental philosophy
Main interests
 Political theory
Notable ideas
 post-fascism
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Gáspár Miklós Tamás (G. M. Tamás; Hungarian: Tamás Gáspár Miklós; born November 28, 1948), often referred to in the media as TGM, is a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and public intellectual. He writes primarily about political and aesthetic questions.

Biography

Born in Cluj, Romania, he presently lives in Budapest. A dissident at the end of the state socialist (Communist) period, he was initially a libertarian socialist. While in contact with these authors, his perspective is distinct from the Budapest School, the major tradition of leftist Hungarian philosophy. From 1986 to 1988, he taught in the U.S., Britain, and France, and studied at Oxford. At the beginning of the post-socialist era in 1989, he became committed to a liberal program, and was a leader of the Alliance of Free Democrats.[1] He served in the Hungarian Parliament as a representative of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), from 1989 to 1994. He re-identified as a Marxist in the early years of the 21st century. He served as President of the extra-parliamentary Green Left between 2010 and 2011.

He is a vocal opponent of the Hungarian state, governed by Viktor Orbán and the Fidesz party, as well as neoliberalism. His theoretical work draws on the ideas of Italian autonomism (Antonio Negri), German Neue Marx-Lektüre (Hans-Georg Backhaus and Helmut Reichelt), and American Political Marxism (Robert Brenner and Ellen Meiksins Wood). He also refers to the insights of Georges Bataille and Moishe Postone.

He is known for developing the concept of post-fascism.[2] In his words,

“ Post-fascism finds its niche easily in the new world of global capitalism without upsetting the dominant political forms of electoral democracy and representative government. It does what I consider to be central to all varieties of fascism, including the post-totalitarian version. Sans Führer, sans one-party rule, sans SA or SS, post-fascism reverses the Enlightenment tendency to assimilate citizenship to the human condition. ”

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References

  1. ↑ Bohlen, Celestine (March 25, 1990). "UPHEAVAL IN THE EAST; A Democratically Evolving Hungary Heads Into Unknown at Polls Today". The New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ de la Reguera, Erik (26 September 2015). "Gáspar Miklós Tamás: "This is post-fascism"". arbetet.se. Arbetet Global. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
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