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Zoltan Demme (Hungary, May 31, 1949), also known as Zoltán Deme, is a Hungarian-born American philosopher, writer, movie director, and composer.

Zoltan Demme
Born
Zoltán Deme

May 31, 1949
Szolnok, Hungary
NationalityAmerican
Other namesZoltán Deme, Zoltan Deme
Alma materUniversity of Debrecen, Hungary, Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola, Budapest, Hungary, University of Pannonia Faculty of Engineering, Veszprém, Hungary
Occupation(s)philosopher, writer, movie director, composer
Era21st-century philosophy and art

His biography

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His career started unusual way.

First, less than 16, he wrote a book about Gábor Halász the essayist philosopher, then less than 17, his monography was published and made the secondary grammar school student known in his small native country as a wunderkind. [1][2][3] Second, less then 19, he became a reporter of the sole broadcasting station of the communist Hungary (Magyar Rádió) and the day by day morning news made his voice and reports well known in Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Southern Ukraine, Romania, and Serbia (Hungary lost the two thirds of its territory after the World War I thus millions of Hungarians live in the successor countries and millions of native Croatian, Slovenian, Slovakian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Serbian people speak Hungarian).[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Third, he became the first university student in his native country whose works were published in the periodicals of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in 1973 in the Studia Litteraria and in 1975 in the Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények) and this made him reputable in the scientific world of Hungary and of the surrounding successor countries. [11][12] Fourth, by the sole film academy of the communist Hungary that taught and trained art movie filmdirectors for the sole Television of the country (Magyar Televízió) he was selected for further studies. [13] [14] Since for the Hungarian Film Academy only 4 years by 4 years was allowed to select moviedirector students (not more than 10 persons from more than 1000 applicants after a long entrance examination process), this selection, together with the selected actress students and actor students, made him country-wide known again, this time from an other aspect.[15][16]

However, the having the filmdirector diploma from the Film Academy, then the becoming a filmdirector of the Hungarian State Television (like his filmdirector classmates) these developments broke his impressing career entirely. As known, in the communist Hungary, for noted people was not allowed any publication in western periodicals and papers. But Zoltán Demme (and further Hungarian filmdirectors, writers, scientists) did this - himself in Paris, Rome, Munich periodicals [17] - and as a consequence, communist regime put this renitent person and many other personalities to publication prohibition and silence. [18][19]

Zoltán Demme left his home, traveled to the United States, and there he was accepted as political asylee. First, he lived from physical works (sheet-rocking and spackling), second, he run a small dry wall company, third, his books had been translated to English, French, and Russian (Struggling against the Absurdities of Human Existence, for example), freeing him from the hard daily drudgery by the wide range international publication. [20][21][22][23] [24][25] Then he became a freelance philosopher and writer (who sometimes also makes movies, composes operas and other symphonic music as side activity). [26][27] Currently he lives in California. [28]

His philosophy

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Zoltan Demme, in 1984, presented a new approach to the general philosophical problems and created a quite new philosophical system.[29][30][31][32] Applying his thorough knowledge in the fields of the history of both Eastern and Western theoretical thinking, in his book (Struggling...) he turned the traditional basic oppositions of philosophy (matter vs. spirit, materialism vs. idealism, possibility of knowledge vs. impossibility of knowledge, and so on) to one ultimate opposition (possibility of humanization of the world vs. impossibility of humanization of the world).[33][34][35]

Designation of the humanization as prime principle when uniting varied ontological, gnoseological, epistemological, and other aspects of philosophy resulted a unique system with one parallel only, philosophical anthropology (of Greak, Christian, and Cartesian origin).

For centuries, philosophy was a synthesizer of other sciences and philosophers were polyhistors. Zoltán Demme keeps this Hellenic and Renaissance tradition.

First, he is equally active in the field of the aesthetics (e.g. resolving some acut problems of the perception of the minimal art poetry) [36][37] in the field of the art history (e.g. revealing some secrets of Piet Mondrian) [38][39] in the field of the ethics (e.g. unfolding new parts of the Middle-European jacobin moral philosophy while revealing the related unkown manuscripts from various archives) [40][41] in the field of the ethnography (e.g. presenting in each article more than specific ethnographic details: odd behavior and strange way of thinking of people of micro-civilizations) [42][43] and in the field of the travel writing (e.g. the diary of his hichhiking is a continuation of the beatnik and hippie literature led by Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Corso).[44][45]

Second, he believes that the theoretical creations, even the most abstract ones, always must be turned to everyday practical efforts if possible by the philosopher himself.[46][47] Therefore, he has organized and managed international service groups acting in varied social and economic areas, struggling mainly with world problems (e.g. the social absurdites, like starvation, abuse of poor people, mass manipulation, and so on) and having the longer or shorter time collaboration of Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Norman Mailer, Willy Brandt, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Yehudi Menuhin, Audrey Hepburn and others.[48][49][50]

Third, he firmly prefers interactivity and common work. For example, when directing his philosophical movies as side activity, he stores his completed feature films in his website in divX format for years (having Lucille Bliss, Jennifer Darling, Andre Landzaat, Walker Edmiston, and others appeared in the movies) and discusses the final development of these films with experts before making release. [51][52] Same thing he does with his other side activity products, with his operas, with his ballets, and other music compositions using the midi format for discussion. And like by his books, by these films and music compositions he too follows the advices of his ancient Hellenic and Renaissance master philosophers: 1. when something is done put it under control for twelve years before releasing it 2. never say a word about your works but let solely the creations to talk, and so on. From his youth he refused all the interview requests and media appearances with no exception. [53][54]

However, these rainbow scale activities always contain one principal path.[55][56] It is his perpetual monitoring the tragic features of the human status. Monitoring the death, the passage of time, the lifetime bondage to the same body and soul, and many other restrictive peculiarities of our status.[57][58][59] As Zoltan Demme thinks, the true humanists have to front these fatal factors, have to search for methods to cease them or have to reduce their presence and influence. Similarly, humanists have to front those restrictive elements of our status also, what we people create in our societies. He does these things decades long, and as a synthesis of his all philosophical, artistic, and practical activities, at the end point of his path some well elaborated new world models also appear. [60][61]

His books

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Philosophy

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  • Verseghy könyvtára. (Library of Verseghy, the jacobin philosopher and poet). Akadémiai Kiadó 1985. ISBN 963-053-825-3 (Hungarian).[62][63][64][65][66]
  • Verseghy Ferenc kiadatlan írásai, Volume I. Verseghy Nyomda 1982. ISBN 9637612106 (Hungarian). Verseghy Ferenc kiadatlan írásai, Volume II. Verseghy Nyomda 1983. ISBN 9637612289 (Hungarian). Verseghy Ferenc kiadatlan írásai, Volume III. Verseghy Nyomda 1987. ISBN 9637612904 (Hungarian).[67][68][69][70]
  • Selected Essays and Studies (Chords of Scales). Universe Publishing 1995. ISBN 963-550-072-6.[71][72]
  • Struggling against the Absurdity of Human Existence. Europeanculture Press 1988. OCLC 440610617. Lutte contre l'absurdité de l'existence humaine.Europeanculture Press 1989. OCLC 22508818 (French). Bor'ba s absurdnost'i'u' chelovecheskogo sushchestvovanii'a. Europeanculture Press 1989. OCLC 220878600 (Russian). Szemben az abszurditással In: Arpeggio. Szolnoki Nyomda 1984. p. 112. ISBN 9635002556 (Hungarian).[73][74][75][76]
  • Programme One and Programme Two (Starvation, exploitation, terrorism, manipulations, etc.), 2002. ISBN 963-550-070-X and ISBN 963-550-071-8 Promotion One and Promotion Two (Changing the living world, changing the non-living world), 2009. ISBN 978-963-88609-1-0 and ISBN 978-963-88609-2-7 [77][78]

Other

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  • Arpeggio. (Selected essays and studies). Szolnoki Nyomda 1984. (Hungarian) ISBN 9635002556 [79][80][81][82]
  • Mikrokozmosz. (Selected poems, novels, and filmscripts). Szolnoki Nyomda 1984. (Hungarian) ISBN 9635002564 [83][84][85][86]
  • Zigzag Rushing around the Globe. Europeanculture Press 1995. ISBN 9635500696.[87][88]
  • Avtostoppom po Amerike. Europeanculture Press 1989. OCLC 220878600 (Russian).[89][90]
  • Three dark comedies (Ego, Juan!...Juaaaan!, sfgahjkkklg qtkjfdkjj) in Promotion One. Globe Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-963-88609-1-0

His movies

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Philosophical stories

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Others

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His music

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Operas and ballets about philosophical and world problems

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Others

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References

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  1. ^ Hiller, István. Deme Zoltán: Halász Gábor élete és munkássága. Soproni Szemle 1966. Volume XX. p. 94. (Hungarian language. Zoltán Deme: The life and the oeuvre of Gábor Halász. Monthly Review of Sopron Township, Western Hungary. Data of the monography: Deme Zoltán. Halász Gábor élete és munkássága. Szolnok 1966. OCLC 557780766).
  2. ^ Lőrincze, Lajos. Deme Zoltán: Halász Gábor élete és munkássága. Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 1966-06-09. p. 6. (Hungarian. The life and the oeuvre of Gábor Halász, the jewish essayist-philosopher who was killed by the nazis. Daily Paper of Szolnok Township and Szolnok County, Eastern Hungary.) For the book's scientific use plus for recent citations see [1] p. 37. [2] p. 33. [3] p. 306. [4] p. 36. [5] p. 102. [6] p. 2. etc.
  3. ^ Szurmay, Ernő. Deme Zoltán két újabb kötetéről. Jászkunság, 1985. Volume III. p. 41. (Hungarian. Review and analysis of Zoltán Demme's works).
  4. ^ Szabó, János. Riport a riporterekről, Bács-Kiskun Megyei Népújság, Kecskemét 1968-01-31. (Hungarian. Report about radio reporters. Daily Paper of Kecskemét Township and Bács-Kiskun County).
  5. ^ Rádió. Szolnok Megyei Néplap, Szolnok 1969-10-03. (Hungarian. Radio program, with Zoltán Demme. Daily Paper of Szolnok Township and Szolnok County.)
  6. ^ Itt a Magyar Rádió Szolnoki Stúdiója! Békés Megyei Népújság, 1969-08-24. (Hungarian. This is the Radio Studio of the Hungarian State, with Zoltan Demme's appearence, from Szolnok now. Daily Paper of Békéscsaba Township and Békés County).
  7. ^ Apostagiak a Szolnoki Rádióban. Bács-Kiskun Megyei Népújság, 1969-09-04. (Hungarian. Apostag village people are talking in the radio with Zoltán Demme in Szolnok. Daily Paper of Kecskemét Township and Bács-Kiskun County.)
  8. ^ Írók, szociográfusok a mikrofon előtt. Békés Megyei Népújság, 1969-10-03. (Hungarian. Writers, sociographers talk in front of the radio microphone of Zoltán Demme. Daily Paper of Békéscsaba Township and Békés County).
  9. ^ Mi történik Önöknél ma? Bács-Kiskun Megyei Népújság 1969-10-02. (Hungarian. What is happening in your home today? Radio program of Zoltán Demme. Daily Paper of Kecskemét Township and Bács-Kiskun County.)
  10. ^ Hungarica. Accessed 2016-02-11. Gives 351 hits for "Deme Zoltán" but this is for Hungarian, Slovakian, Croatian old newpapers only, other successor countries are not included.
  11. ^ Szurmay p. 42. For the Studia Litteraria publication see p. 126-134.
  12. ^ Király, István. Deme Zoltán: Arpeggio, Mikrokozmosz. Könyvvilág, 1985. p. 4. (Hungarian. Review of the books and the theories of Zoltán Demme). For the Irodalomtörténi Közlemények publication see p. 46-53.
  13. ^ Records of the Hungarian Film Academy. Accessed 2016-02-11.
  14. ^ Hegyi Béla.Deme Zoltán. Vigília 1982. Vol. II. p. 161.
  15. ^ Karcsai Kulcsár, István.Filmévkönyv, Deme Zoltán. Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum, 1979. p. 302
  16. ^ Karcsai Kulcsár, István.Filmévkönyv, Deme Zoltán. Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum, 1981. p. 289
  17. ^ Magyar Műhely, Paris, Vigília, from Actio Catholica, Rome, Új Látóhatár, Munich. See [7] [8] [9] for examples.
  18. ^ Harast Alexander. Források és elemzések Deme Zoltán emlékáramaihoz (Sourcing and analyzing Zoltan Demme's poetic memoir). Jászkunság, 1996. p. 94.
  19. ^ Király p. 4.
  20. ^ Library of Congress: Struggling against the Absurdity of Human Existence. 1988. OCLC 22984286
  21. ^ National Library of Australia: Bor'ba s absurdnost'i'u' chelovecheskogo sushchestvovanii'a. 1989. OCLC 220878600 (Russian). See also
  22. ^ Debrecen Library of Hungary: Szemben az abszurditással. In: Arpeggio, 1984. p. 112. OCLC 32631587 (Hungarian). See also
  23. ^ Biblioteca de Catalunya of Spain: Lutte contre l'absurdité de l'existence humaine. 1989. OCLC 22508818.
  24. ^ Harast p. 93.
  25. ^ Király p. 4.
  26. ^ Harast p. 93.
  27. ^ Király p. 4.
  28. ^ See [10]
  29. ^ Szilasi, László. Deme Zoltán: Klasszikusok öröksége. Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 1990. page 275. (Hungarian. Review of the philosophy and the oeuvre of Zoltán Demme).
  30. ^ Terrence Brown. Philosopher and Traveler. New York Post, New York City, October 17, 1989.
  31. ^ Clara Gyorgyey. A Renaissance Man. Journal of American Studies. Eger 2009. p. 137.
  32. ^ Michel Deguy. Zoltan Deme: Lutte contre l'absurdité de l'existence humaine. Atelier Hongrois (Montrouge, France). 1990. p. 38. (French. Review and analysis of the philosophy of Zoltán Demme).
  33. ^ Szilasi p.277.
  34. ^ Király, István. Deme Zoltán: Arpeggio, Mikrokozmosz. Könyvvilág, 1985. p. 4. (Hungarian. Review of the theories of Zoltán Demme).
  35. ^ Lisa Willner. Philosophy as the Basis of Modern Poems and Poetry. Greenwood Lake News, February 11, 1988.
  36. ^ Julow, Viktor. Bevezetés Deme Zoltán tanulmányaihoz. Debreceni műhelymunkák, 1985. p. 5. (Hungarian. Aesthetics of Zoltán Demme, and his literary portrait)
  37. ^ Mezey, Katalin.Színkép, Deme Zoltán. Kozmosz könyvek, 1984. p. 57. (Hungarian. Aesthetics of Demme, and his literary portrait)
  38. ^ Gyorgyey p. 134.
  39. ^ Sinkovits, Péter. Deme Zoltán: Piet Mondrian. Művészet, 1983.Volume V. p. 64. See also
  40. ^ Fried, István. Egy kis Verseghy-filológia. Irodalomtörténet, 1985. p. 956. (Hungarian. Review and analysis of Zoltán Demme's book, about Verseghy the jacobin philosopher, about the philosophy of his era, and about the revealed manuscripts).
  41. ^ Hopp, Lajos. Deme Zoltán: Verseghy könyvtára. Magyar Könyvszemle 1988. p. 226. (Analyzing that how Zoltán Demme reconstructed from manuscripts the private library of Verseghy, the jacobin philosopher, with consequences for the research of his era).
  42. ^ Gyorgyey p. 135.
  43. ^ Julow p. 7.
  44. ^ Gyorgyey p. 135.
  45. ^ Rónay, László. Kulturális krónika. Vigília, 1989. Volume VII. p. 558. (Hungarian. A review of the physical and spiritual journeys of Zoltán Demme, and his book Klasszikusok öröksége,)
  46. ^ Király p. 4.
  47. ^ Deguy p. 38.
  48. ^ Brown, NY Post, above.
  49. ^ Harast Alexander. Források és elemzések Deme Zoltán emlékáramaihoz (Sourcing and analyzing Zoltan Demme's poetic memoir). Jászkunság, 1996. p. 94.
  50. ^ Programme One. Globe Publish House 2002. Documents of collaboration and excerpts of interviews p. 14. p. 15. p. 16. p. 62. p. 63. p. 64. p. 65. ISBN 963550070X See also
  51. ^ Harast p. 93.
  52. ^ Király p. 4.
  53. ^ Harast p. 93.
  54. ^ Király p. 4.
  55. ^ Brown, NY Post, above.
  56. ^ Harast p. 94.
  57. ^ Judit Lukovszki. Addenda to Zoltan Deme's works. Programme, Globe Publish House, 2002. p. 114. ISBN 963-550-070-X
  58. ^ Judit Lukovszki. Addenda to Zoltan Deme's Dramatic Show titled Roulette Programme, Globe Publish House 2002. p. 116. ISBN 963-550-070-X
  59. ^ Szilasi p.276.
  60. ^ Harast p. 93.
  61. ^ Király p. 4.
  62. ^ Fried, István. Egy kis Verseghy-filológia. Irodalomtörténet, 1985. p. 956. (Hungarian. Review and analysis of Zoltán Demme's book, about Verseghy, the jacobin philosopher, and about the philosophy of his era).
  63. ^ Hopp, Lajos. Deme Zoltán: Verseghy könyvtára. Magyar Könyvszemle 1988. p. 226. (Analyzing that how Zoltán Demme reconstructed from manuscripts the private library of Verseghy, the jacobin philosopher, with consequences for the research of his era).
  64. ^ Lukácsy, Sándor. Deme Zoltán: Verseghy könyvtára. Hungarológiai Értesítő, 1987. p.38
  65. ^ Fried, István. A korán jött ember (Deme Zoltán Verseghy-válogatása). Hungarológiai Értesítő, 1996. p. 42.
  66. ^ Hopp, Lajos. Deme Zoltán: Verseghy könyvtára. Helikon, 1989. p. 285.
  67. ^ Szilasi, László. Deme Zoltán: Klasszikusok öröksége. Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 1990. p. 275. (Hungarian. Review of the oeuvre of Zoltán Demme).
  68. ^ 11. Szurmay, Ernő. Helyi szerzők Verseghy-képe. In Memoriam Verseghy Ferenc, Volume IV. 1994. p. 72. (Hungarian. A review about Zoltán Demme's research activities).
  69. ^ Verseghy emlékülés Szolnokon. Irodalomtudományi szekció alakult (Deme Zoltán előadást tart). Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 1980-12-02. p. 5. (Hungarian. Review of a Zoltán Demme's lecture in a Verseghy conference of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Daily Paper of Szolnok Township and Szolnok County.).
  70. ^ Fried, István. Megjegyzések Verseghy Ferenc kiadatlan írásai I. kötethez. Irodalomtörténet, 1984. p. 756. (Hungarian. Review of Zoltán Demme's another book about Verseghy, and about the philosophy of his era).
  71. ^ Clara Gyorgyey. A Renaissance Man. Journal of American Studies. Eger 2009. p. 134.
  72. ^ Szilasi p.276.
  73. ^ Michel Deguy. Zoltan Deme: Lutte contre l'absurdité de l'existence humaine. Atelier Hongrois (Montrouge, France). 1990. p.38 (French. Review and analysis of the philosophy of Zoltán Demme). See also
  74. ^ Gyorgyey. p. 134.
  75. ^ Tóth, Béla. Utószó Deme Zoltán tanulmánykötetéhez. Debreceni műhelymunkák, 1985. p. 121. (Hungarian. Literary portrait of Zoltán Demme with private memories).
  76. ^ Harast Alexander. Források és elemzések Deme Zoltán emlékáramaihoz (Sourcing and analyzing Zoltan Demme's poetic memoir). Jászkunság, 1996. p. 81.
  77. ^ Judit Lukovszki. Addenda to Zoltan Deme's works. Programme, Globe Publish House, 2002. p. 114. ISBN 963-550-070-X
  78. ^ Judit Lukovszki. Addenda to Zoltan Deme's Dramatic Show titled Roulette Programme, Globe Publish House 2002. p. 116. ISBN 963-550-070-X
  79. ^ Szurmay, Ernő. Deme Zoltán két újabb kötetéről. Jászkunság, 1985. Volume III. p. 41. (Hungarian. Review and analysis of Zoltán Demme's books).
  80. ^ Balogh, György. Deme Zoltán: Arpeggio. Hungarológiai Értesítő, 1986. p. 48
  81. ^ Nagy, Pál. Deme Zoltán: Arpeggio és Mikrokozmosz. Magyar Műhely (Paris, France), 1985. p. 45. (Hungarian. Review of Zoltán Demme's books).
  82. ^ Király, István. Deme Zoltán: Arpeggio, Mikrokozmosz. Könyvvilág, 1985. p. 4. (Hungarian. Review of the theories and theoretical works of Zoltán Demme).
  83. ^ Karcsai Kulcsár, István.Filmévkönyv, Deme Zoltán. Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum, 1979. p. 302
  84. ^ Karcsai Kulcsár, István.Filmévkönyv, Deme Zoltán. Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum, 1981. p. 289
  85. ^ Mezey, Katalin. Színkép, Deme Zoltán. Kozmosz könyvek, 1984. p. 57. (Hungarian. Aesthetics of Demme and his literary portrait)
  86. ^ Szurmay p. 41.
  87. ^ Gyorgyey p. 135.
  88. ^ Harast p. 81.
  89. ^ Rónay, László. Kulturális krónika. Vigília, 1989. Volume VII. p. 558. (Hungarian. A review of the physical and spiritual journeys of Zoltán Demme, and his book Klasszikusok öröksége,)
  90. ^ Harast p. 81.
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