Ágnes Heller
Ágnes Heller was a Hungarian philosopher, university teacher, sociologist, essayist, dissident and aesthetician (1929–2019). She was born in Budapest and died in Balatonalmádi.
Also recorded as Agnes Heller
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The authorities additionally record the heading Agnes Heller. Her recorded languages were Hungarian and English.
She married István Hermann and Ferenc Fehér.
Ágnes Heller worked in philosophy, philosophical anthropology, ethics, aesthetics and dissent. Her work is associated with Budapest School.
She was employed by The New School and La Trobe University. She belonged to Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Ágnes Heller studied at Eötvös Loránd University. Training under Georg Lukács is recorded. The recorded working language is Hungarian and English.
The field of work recorded is philosophy, philosophical anthropology and ethics.
Employment is recorded with The New School and La Trobe University.
Distinctions recorded are Concordia Prize, Hannah Arendt Prize, Goethe Medal and Manès-Sperber-Preis.
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1929
Ágnes Heller was born in 1929 at Budapest.
1978
Renaissance man / Agnes Heller; translated from the Hungarian by Richard E. Allen., dated 1978, held by Wellcome Collection.
2019
Ágnes Heller died in 2019 at Balatonalmádi.
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Balatonalmádi
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Ágnes Heller received Concordia Prize, Hannah Arendt Prize, Goethe Medal, Manès-Sperber-Preis, Széchenyi Prize and doctor honoris causa of the University of Innsbruck.
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scholarly publication
- "A filozófia valami olyan, ami a közös gondolkodáson alapszik" - kérdésünkre Heller Ágnes válaszol, Különbség, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
- Hannah Arendt e Ágnes Heller e la dimensione estetica del soggetto morale, Filosofia dell'avvenire, 2010
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2010
- Heller Ágnes (1929–2019), Magyar Tudomány, 2019
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2019
- MENDÍVIL, José (2009) La condición humana. Ética y política de la modernidad en Ágnes Heller, Enrahonar. An international journal of theoretical and practical reason, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q235125: Ágnes Heller
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- “Ágnes Heller”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
Bibliography
Filosofía, historia y política en Ágnes Heller y Hannah Arendt, Ángel Prior Olmos y Ángel Rivero (eds.), Lectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, 2016.
Heller Ágnes (1929–2019), Magyar Tudomány, 2019
"A filozófia valami olyan, ami a közös gondolkodáson alapszik" - kérdésünkre Heller Ágnes válaszol, Különbség, 2002
Hannah Arendt e Ágnes Heller e la dimensione estetica del soggetto morale, Filosofia dell'avvenire, 2010
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"A filozófia valami olyan, ami a közös gondolkodáson alapszik" - kérdésünkre Heller Ágnes válaszol, Különbség, 2002Crossref registry
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Hannah Arendt e Ágnes Heller e la dimensione estetica del soggetto morale, Filosofia dell'avvenire, 2010Crossref registry
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Heller Ágnes (1929–2019), Magyar Tudomány, 2019Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q235125: Ágnes HellerWikimedia Foundation
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