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Born and living in Hungary, Janos Kis is a philosopher. He was dismissed from the academy and put under an employment and publications ban in 1973. In the 15 years before the fall of communism, Kis was an activist of the democratic opposition. Between 1981 and 1989, he was the senior editor of an underground political review. In 1989, he was a participant at the roundtable negotiations on the transition to democracy. In 1990-1991, he was the president of the Alliance of Free Democrats, a liberal party issued from the democratic opposition. Since 1992, Kis has taught at the Central European University, Budapest, where he is professor of philosophy and political science. His major works include Do We Have Human Rights? (1986), Political Neutrality (1997), and Politics as a Moral Problem (2008).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)453-464
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Constitutional Law
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010

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