Takis Fotopoulos Philosopher

Takis Fotopoulos (Greek: Τάκης Φωτόπουλος born October 14, 1940) is a political philosopher and economist who founded the Inclusive Democracy movement. He is noted for his synthesis of classical democracy with libertarian socialism and the radical currents in the new social movements. He was an academic, and has written many books and over 900 articles, several of which have been translated into various languages. He is the editor of The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy (which succeeded Democracy & Nature) and author of Towards An Inclusive Democracy (1997) in which the foundations of the Inclusive Democracy project were set. Fotopoulos is Greek and lives in London.

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Birth date	October 14, 1940
Birth place	Chios , Greece
Era	20th-century philosophy Contemporary philosophy
Main interest	Political philosophy International political economy Political economy International relations Social movement Philosophy of social science

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influenced by	Aristotle Karl Marx Mikhail Bakunin Peter Kropotkin Murray Bookchin Rosa Luxemburg Cornelius Castoriadis Hannah Arendt
notable idea	Left-wing politics Elite War on Terror Inclusive Democracy
philosophical school	Inclusive Democracy
region	Western philosophy