José Adriano Rodrigues Barata-Moura,

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(born 26 June 1948 in

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) is a

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, and a prestigious actual figure of the Portuguese culture. Dedicating his thought to many philosophical subjects such as politics, ethics and, most of all, to

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. From May 7, 1998 until May 22, 2006, Barata-Moura served as the

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of the

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. He graduated from the

as a

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student in 1970. Nowadays, José Barata-Moura teaches

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, the Philosophy of the

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and

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in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. Still very active in his philosophical career, José Barata-Moura is a specialist in the German Idealism Philosophy, specially on

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and

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, without mentioning his vast knowledge of

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thought. He is member of the Presidency of Internationale Gesellschaft für dialektische Philosophie, and member of the Senate of the Convent for Europaische Philosophie und Ideengeschichte. José Barata-Moura is also a Correspondent, in the area of Humanities and Letters, of the

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. José Barata-Moura was elected as a deputy of the

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during the period 1993-1994. He is also a longtime member of the

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, having written several essays on Marxist subjects. Barata-Moura is also well known in Portugal as the author of several children's songs (e.g. ''Come a papa, Joana'').

Books published

* 1972 - ''Kant e o conceito de Filosofia'' * 1973 - ''Da redução das causas em Aristóteles'' * 1977 - ''Estética da canção política'' * 1977 - ''Totalidade e contradição'' * 1977 - ''O coelho barafunda'' * 1978 - ''Ideologia e Prática'' * 1979 - ''EPISTEME. Perspectivas gregas sobre o saber. Heraclito-Platão-Aristóteles'' * 1982 - ''Para uma crítica da "Filosofia dos valores"'' * 1986 - ''Da representação à "práxis"'' * 1986 - ''Ontologias da "práxis", e idealismos'' * 1990 - ''A "realização da razão" - um programa hegeliano?'' * 1994 - ''Marx e a crítica da "Escola Histórica do Direito"'' * 1994 - ''Prática. Para uma aclaração do seu sentido como categoria filosófica'' * 1998 - ''Materialismo e subjectividade'' * 1999 - ''Estudos de Filosofia Portuguesa'' * 2007 - ''O Outro Kant'' *2007 - ''Da Mentira: Um Ensaio - Transbordante de Errores'' * 2010 - ''Estudos sobre a Ontologia de Hegel. Ser, Verdade, Contradição'' * 2010 - ''Sobre Lénine e a Filosofia. A Reivindicação do Materialismo Dialéctico com Projecto'' *2012 - ''Totalidade e Contradição Acerca da Dialéctica'' *2013 - ''Filosofia em "O Capital". Uma Aproximação'' *2014 - ''Três Ensaios em Torno do Pensamento Político e Estético de Álvaro Cunhal'' *2015 - ''Marx, Engels e a Crítica do Utopismo'' *2017 - ''Ontologia e Política. Estudos em Torno de Marx - II'' *2018 - A''s Teses das «Teses». Para Um Exercício de Leitura''

References

1948 births Living people People from Lisbon 20th-century Portuguese philosophers 21st-century Portuguese philosophers Academic staff of the University of Lisbon Portuguese Communist Party politicians Marxist writers University of Lisbon alumni {{Portugal-academic-bio-stub