Andrei Marga

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Andrei Marga is a Romanian philosopher, political scientist, and politician. Rector - for the second time - of the Babe-f-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, he was a member of the Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party, serving as Minister of Education in the Democratic Convention coalition governments of Victor Ciorbea, Radu Vasile, and Mugur Isarescu. In January 2001, he replaced Ion Diaconescu as PN-CD chairman, but resigned from his post in July 2001, amid political tensions in the party. He formed a new party, the Popular Christian Party later in the year. Later, he affiliated with the National Liberal Party. Marga has authored a large number of volumes on political science, political philosophy, and the philosophy of history. His work touches a variety of subjects, including the philosophical theories of Herbert Marcuse and Jürgen Habermas, the nature of positivism, and trends in contemporary philosophy. He has also lectured on specific subjects, such as the philosophic foundations of transition from communism to a market economy, and the evolution of principles guiding European integration.