Danko Grlic
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Danko Grlić was Marxist humanist
, member of the Praxis school
of the former Yugoslavia.
He was born in Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,but in 1931 together with his family he has moved to Zagreb
. During the Second World War he joined the anti-fascist struggle.
He is above all appreciated the freedom, so due to its liberal expression, often coming into conflict with the environment, which ended very badly for him. Because of its wrong attitude toward the resolution of Cominform
, he was sentenced to three months in prison camp Goli otok
at 1948 Actually the point is that neither Danko did not accept the resolution, but for one part is held that its correct, - where it says that there is not enough democracy in the Yugoslav Communist Party. Upon returning from Goli otok he accepted any job just to survive; he translated, wrote, even under a false name. It still circulating the story that he wrote an essay for the book Franjo Tudjman The war against war. Tudjman, he was paid a fee, but it is not cited as the author (except acknowledge the end of the book).
From 1950 to 1955 Grlić studied philosophy at the University of Zagreb
. In 1959 he accepted the offer of Miroslav Krleža
to work at the Yugoslavian Lexicographic Agency
. In 1965 he was one of the founding members of the Praxis journal.
From 1966 to 1968 Grlić was president of the Croatian Philosophy Society. In 1969 he has earned the PhD degree with the thesis “The Founding Thought of Friedrich Nietzsche”.
Grlić started his academic career in 1962 teaching aesthetics
at the Academia of Arts in Zagreb. He taught there until 1968, when he was forbidden to teach at this institution. He continued his academic career in 1971, when he was elected for professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade
, and in 1974 he moved to the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, where he was head of the department of aesthetics until his death in 1984.
His Selected Works in four volumes were published in 1988, and in 1989 a collection of articles in his honour were published in Zagreb, titled The Art and the Revolution.
His son is Rajko Grlić
, Croatian film director and producer.
. He wanted to overcome the negative image of Nietzsche in Marxist cycles, claiming that the Nazi
’s version of Nietzsche’s thoughts wasn’t the essence of his thought.
The major field of scientific interest of Grlić was aesthetics. He is author of four-volume study of aesthetics, published in the period 1974-1979.
Other works included:
Marxist humanism
Marxist humanism is a branch of Marxism that primarily focuses on Marx's earlier writings, especially the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 in which Marx espoused his theory of alienation, as opposed to his later works, which are considered to be concerned more with his structural...
, member of the Praxis school
Praxis School
The Praxis school was a Marxist humanist philosophical movement. It originated in Zagreb and Belgrade in the SFR Yugoslavia, during the 1960s.Prominent figures among the school's founders include Gajo Petrović and Milan Kangrga of Zagreb and Mihailo Marković of Belgrade...
of the former Yugoslavia.
He was born in Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,but in 1931 together with his family he has moved to Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
. During the Second World War he joined the anti-fascist struggle.
He is above all appreciated the freedom, so due to its liberal expression, often coming into conflict with the environment, which ended very badly for him. Because of its wrong attitude toward the resolution of Cominform
Cominform
Founded in 1947, Cominform is the common name for what was officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties...
, he was sentenced to three months in prison camp Goli otok
Goli otok
Goli otok is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rab's northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Croatia's Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. The island is barren and uninhabited...
at 1948 Actually the point is that neither Danko did not accept the resolution, but for one part is held that its correct, - where it says that there is not enough democracy in the Yugoslav Communist Party. Upon returning from Goli otok he accepted any job just to survive; he translated, wrote, even under a false name. It still circulating the story that he wrote an essay for the book Franjo Tudjman The war against war. Tudjman, he was paid a fee, but it is not cited as the author (except acknowledge the end of the book).
From 1950 to 1955 Grlić studied philosophy at the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
. In 1959 he accepted the offer of Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
to work at the Yugoslavian Lexicographic Agency
Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute
The Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute is Croatia's national lexicographical institution. Based in Zagreb, it was originally established in 1950 as the national lexicographical institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
. In 1965 he was one of the founding members of the Praxis journal.
From 1966 to 1968 Grlić was president of the Croatian Philosophy Society. In 1969 he has earned the PhD degree with the thesis “The Founding Thought of Friedrich Nietzsche”.
Grlić started his academic career in 1962 teaching aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
at the Academia of Arts in Zagreb. He taught there until 1968, when he was forbidden to teach at this institution. He continued his academic career in 1971, when he was elected for professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy
The University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Serbia, founded in the early 19th century within the Belgrade Higher School...
, and in 1974 he moved to the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, where he was head of the department of aesthetics until his death in 1984.
His Selected Works in four volumes were published in 1988, and in 1989 a collection of articles in his honour were published in Zagreb, titled The Art and the Revolution.
His son is Rajko Grlić
Rajko Grlic
Rajko Grlić is Yugoslav film director and producer from Croatia of Jewish and Serbian decent...
, Croatian film director and producer.
Major works
Grlić represented critical Marxist positions typical for the whole Praxis school. After Marx, Grlić’s most liked author was Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
. He wanted to overcome the negative image of Nietzsche in Marxist cycles, claiming that the Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
’s version of Nietzsche’s thoughts wasn’t the essence of his thought.
The major field of scientific interest of Grlić was aesthetics. He is author of four-volume study of aesthetics, published in the period 1974-1979.
Other works included:
- Dictionary of Philosophers (1968)
- Contra Dogmaticos (1971)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1981)
- The Challenge of the Negative: to the aesthetics of Theodor Adorno (1986, posthumous)