Gábor Kovács

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Kovács Gábor
Date and Place of Birth: May 1959, Gyöngyös, Hungary
Marital Status: married
Citizenship: Hungarian
Adress:
Home: 3000 Hatvan Kastélykert u. 3
Work: The Institute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Siences , POB 594, 1398 Budapest 62 Hungary
Present Job: research fellow, The Insititute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Former Jobs:
1984-1985:young research fellow, The Institute of Philosophy
1985-1986:lecturer, Department of Philosophy of University of Miskolc
1986-1988:director, Hatvany Lajos Museum
1988-1991:grantee, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Education:
M.A. Phil.,ELTE University, Faculty of Arts
Graduate Study: philosophy and history
Courses in: methodology and research, medieval philosophy, philosophy of history
Thesis: The evolution of St. Augustine's thinking on the philosophy of history, 1984

Qualifications:
Learned methods of historical research, proven skills in various methods in the scientific study of philosophy and history.

Research:
1984-85:Research in the field of 20th century metahistory: mainly Karl Popper's and Toynbee's theory.
1988-91:Grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Individualized programme, subject of research: the problem of God in the theology of "Death of God".
1992-94: Grant of the Central European University. Title of the project: Can power be humenized? Politics and Morals in István Bibó's Social Philosophy. Research work in the field of medieval political theology.
1994-98: Investigation of so-called 'crisis- philosophies' in the inter-war era, between
1920-1939: Oswald Spengler, Ortega y Gasset, Johan Huizinga. Concepts of elites and democracy in Spengler's political philosophy.
1988:Partaking in the researches of the Research Group for Social Philosophy directing towards the theory of information society.
March, 1998:Grant of the Hungarian Soros Foundation for writting a biography on István Bibó.




Created: 17 November 1998 by Pluhár Emese