Božidar Debenjak
Božidar Debenjak(born 7 May 1935) is aSlovenianMarxistphilosopher,social theoristandtranslator.
Biography
[edit]He was born inLjubljana,Slovenia,then part of theKingdom of Yugoslavia.In 1961, he became professor at theUniversity of Ljubljana.[1]For more than thirty years, he taughtMarxist theoryandhistory of philosophyat the Ljubljana University; many renowned Slovenian philosophers and sociologists were among his pupils, includingSlavoj Žižek,Mladen Dolar,Rastko Močnik,Renata SaleclandTonči Kuzmanić.[2][3]He was one of the first scholars to introduce the thought of theFrankfurt schoolin the curricula ofYugoslavuniversities.
He has written several books, mostly on Marxist theory, including a monograph on the thought ofFriedrich Engels(Friedrich Engels: History and Alienation,1970), in which he portrayed Engels as a "subtlerhistorical materialistthan Marx ", who" managed to establish a clearer dividing line between history and nature ".[3]HisIntroduction to Marxist Philosophy(1977) was published in 4 editions, and was one of the most influential synthesis of Marxist thought in Slovenia.[3]
He also translated several works, mostly fromGerman,including several works byKarl Marx(especiallyyoung Marx),Friedrich Engels,Rosa Luxemburg,Theodor Adorno,Max Horkheimer,Herbert Marcuse,Karl Korsch,Lenin,Jürgen HabermasandMartin Luther.He also translatedHegel'sPhenomenology of the MindandValvasor'sThe Glory of the Duchy of Carniola(together withhis wifeand son), and co-authored one of the most comprehensive Slovene-German dictionaries.[4]
He was married toDoris Debenjak(née Kirsch), a Slovenian translator ofGottschee Germandescent and chair of theSociety of Native Gottschee Settlers.[5]
Major works
[edit]- Pota razvoja( "Paths of Development". Ljubljana, 1961).
- Friedrich Engels - zgodovina in odtujitev( "Friedrich Engels: History and Alienation". Maribor, 1970).
- V alternativi: marksistične študije( "In Alternative: Marxist Studies". Ljubljana, 1974).
- Meščanski kozmos in revolucionarna teorija: aspekti "kritične teorije družbe"( "The Bourgeois Universe and the Revolutionary Theory: Aspects of the 'Critical Theory of Society'. Ljubljana, 1977).
- Vstop v marksistično filozofijo( "Introduction to Marxist Philosophy". Ljubljana, 1977).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Zgodovina - Oddelek za filozofijo | Filozofska fakulteta | Univerza v Ljubljani".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-21.Retrieved2010-08-26.
- ^"MLADINA.si".www.mladina.si.Archived fromthe originalon 10 February 2009.Retrieved26 November2018.
- ^abc"dfltweb1.onamae.com – このドメインはお danh tiền.comで thủ đắc されています."(PDF).www.primorska.info.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 10 March 2012.Retrieved26 November2018.
- ^http://www.emka.si/veliki-slovensko-nemski-slovar-grosses-slowenisch-deutsches-w%C3%B6rterbuch/PR/36182,56[permanent dead link]
- ^"Moderna grmada - MLADINA.si".Retrieved26 November2018.
External links
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- 1935 births
- Living people
- Slovenian historians of philosophy
- Slovenian translators
- German–Slovene translators
- University of Ljubljana alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana
- Marxist theorists
- Slovenian atheists
- Slovenian Marxists
- 20th-century Slovenian philosophers
- 20th-century Slovenian writers
- 20th-century translators
- 21st-century Slovenian philosophers