Ágnes Heller

Ágnes Heller
Heller in 2015
Born(1929-05-12)12 May 1929
Died19 July 2019(2019-07-19) (aged 90)
Spouses
  • István Hermann
    (m. 1949; div. 1962)
  • Ferenc Fehér
    (m. 1963; died 1994)
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Budapest School
Main interestsPolitical theory

Ágnes Heller (12 May 1929 – 19 July 2019) was a Hungarian philosopher and lecturer. She was a core member of the Budapest School philosophical forum in the 1960s and later taught political theory for 25 years at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She lived, wrote and lectured in Budapest.