Tomas Varnagy

Dr. Tomas Varnagy is a tenured full professor of Political Theory I (Plato to Machiavelli), Political Theory II (Hobbes to Marx), and Transition from Stalinism to Pluralism in Eastern Central Europe, at the Department of Political Science of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

        He has written numerous books, chapters, papers, and articles related to political philosophy, Communism, the Soviet bloc, and humor. Some of his notable works on humor include:
        (1) ["Proletarians of all Countries ... Forgive us!" —Or On the Clandestine Political Humor in Soviet-type Regimes and the Delegitimizing Role of Jokes in Eastern Central Europe (1917-1991)]: "Proletarios de todos los países... ¡perdonadnos!": O sobre el humor político clandestino en los regímenes de tipo soviético y el papel deslegitimador del chiste en Europa central y oriental (1917-1991). (Buenos Aires, EUDEBA, 2016 and, also, Madrid, Clave Intelectual, 2016)
        (2) [Cartoons, Posters, and Political Humor]: Caricaturas, afiches y humor político (Saarbrücken, Lapambert/Editorial Académica Española, 2011).
        (3) Also, a bilingual compilation (Spanish/English): Quotes and Cartoons of Donald Trump in https://tomasvarnagy.wordpress.com/
        (4) As compiler (with Mara Burkart, and Damián Fraticcelli): [Ruining Jokes. Panorama of the Studies of Humor and the Comic] Arruinando chistes. Panorama de los estudios del humor y lo cómico. (Buenos Aires, Teseo, 2021).