G. M. Tamás

The author, former director of the Institute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is a visiting professor at the Central European university in Vienna and Budapest.

1989: the end of what?

It is not merely a bad mood that makes East Europeans look beyond ’liberal democracy’, but the unresolved political dilemma of modern society.

By G. M. Tamás

/ 8 Nov 2019

From Afrin to Ghouta

The egalitarian, feminist and socialist enclaves created by the Kurdish left are attacked with particular ferocity by Mr Erdoğan’s army. Czech.

By G. M. Tamás

/ 3 Mar 2018

The mystery of ‘populism’ finally unveiled

The philosopher of post-Fascism enters the populism fray with his own candidate for post-truth – Left betrayal. Czech.

By G. M. Tamás

/ 24 Feb 2017

Anti-Immigration Referendum Sunday in Hungary

Our first major interview on openDemocracy was on the ‘Post-Fascism’ thesis recently expounded by the Hungarian philosopher in the year 2000. Here, Tamás regretfully revisits concept and reality. LeftEast interview. Serbo-Croat.

By G. M. Tamás

/ 2 Oct 2016

"The majority of Hungarians are apathetic, indifferent, and devoid of hope." An interview with Gaspár M. Tamás

Jaroslav Fiala speaks to Gaspár M. Tamás about the brutality of capitalism, Orbán’s Hungary, and the failure of the European system.

By G. M. Tamás and Jaroslav Fiala

/ 29 Jul 2016

The meaning of the refugee crisis

"One is reminded of the beautiful summer days of 1944, when tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly marched to their deaths through the streets of Budapest." Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian and Czech.

By G. M. Tamás

/ 21 Sep 2015

On Solidarity

The idea of solidarity has its roots in the history of the workers’ movement, and as this is usually excluded from conventional tales of human endeavour, it is seldom understood.

By G. M. Tamás

/ 26 Mar 2015

What is Post-fascism?

One of Hungarys leading anti-communist dissidents accuses Europe and the world of abandoning Enlightenment principles. He is now an unillusioned critic of a racialised global liberalism. I have

By G. M. Tamás

/ 13 Sep 2001