Background
LOONE, Eero was born in 1935 in Tartu, Estonia.
LOONE, Eero was born in 1935 in Tartu, Estonia.
Eero Loone graduated from the Moscow State University in 1958 (he studied history). He became Doctor of Philosophy in 1984.
From 1958 to 1960, Loone worked as junior researcher at the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics institute of Global Economy and International Relations. Since 1966, he has been lecturer of philosophy (specializing in practical philosophy) at the University of Tartu (became a professor in 1988). He has been particularly influenced by analytical philosophy.
Eero Loone is married to Leiki Loone and has two daughters: Piret Loone and Oudekki Loone (a politologist).
Loone"s views on Marxism and historical materialism have found resonance in the West. Loone"s verdict (as evident in Soviet Marxism and Analytical Philosophies of History) on Soviet Communism is arguably "devastating and coincides with that of many Western scholars Marxist (eg Alex Callinicos) and non-Marxist (eg Alec Nove) alikeā³ Since 2000, Loone has been professor emeritus at the University of Tartu.
From 1989 to 1990 Eero Loone worked at Clare Hall, Cambridge (he became lifelong member of the college).