György Márkus

The native form of this personal name is Márkus György. This article uses the Western name order.
György Márkus
Born (1934-04-13)13 April 1934
Budapest, Hungary
Died 5 October 2016(2016-10-05) (aged 82)
Era 20th-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School Marxism, Western Marxism, Critical Theory
Main interests
Marxism · Culture

György Márkus (13 April 1934 5 October 2016) was a Hungarian philosopher, belonging to the small circle of critical theorists closely associated with György Lukács, usually referred to as the "Budapest School". He completed his philosophical training at Lomonosov University in Moscow in 1957. Due to ideological disputes, he was removed from his teaching positions in Hungary in 1973, and fled in 1977 to Australia, where he has since 1978 taught at the University of Sydney. Following political liberalisation in Hungary, Markus was reassimilated and taught regularly in his homeland, although he remained resident in Sydney. He was external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1990). He was also on the editorial board of the academic journal Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and Historical Sociology.

He was married to eminent Polish sociologist Dr. Maria Márkus, a lecturer at the University of New South Wales. They have two sons, György and András.

Selected publications

Prizes

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