Ferenc Hörcher political philosopher, historian of political thought, philosopher of art, literary critic, poet. Head of the Research Institute for Politics and Government, Research Professor, Scientific Advisor at the Institute of Philosophy, ELTE. Senior fellow at the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull, UK. Visiting Lecturer at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland), Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Research interests - conservatism and liberalism, early modern (Hungarian and universal) history of political thought, classical Hungarian political thought, early modern and contemporary philosophy of art.