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- Title
The sociological tradition of Hungarian philosophy.
- Authors
Demeter, Tamás
- Abstract
In this introductory paper I sketch the tradition, several early aspects of which are discussed in the following essays and reviews. I introduce the main figures whose work initiated and maintained the sociological orientation in Hungarian philosophy thereby tracing its evolution. I suggest that its sociological outlook, if taken to be a characteristic tendency that gives Hungarian philosophy its distinctive flavour, provides us with the framework of a possible narrative about the history of Hungarian philosophy in the broader context of Central European philosophy. This narrative, in turn, suggests a way of integrating the latter into the history of Western philosophy rather than restricting its scope to a handful of canonical works only.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; HUNGARIAN philosophy; SOCIOLOGY of knowledge; PHILOSOPHY of sociology; SOCIOLOGICAL research; INTELLECTUAL life
- Publication
Studies in East European Thought, 2008, Vol 60, Issue 1/2, p1
- ISSN
0925-9392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11212-008-9043-1