Nadežda Čačinovič

Nadežda Čačinovič (born 1 April 1947) is a Croatian philosopher, sociologist, comparatist, feminist and Croatian-language book author.[1][2]

Nadežda Čačinovič
Čačinovič in 2011
Born (1947-04-01) 1 April 1947
Budapest, Hungarian Republic
Spouse(s)Žarko Puhovski (divorced) Ivo Banac (separated)
Era20th-century philosophy and contemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Main interests
Aesthetics · Critical theory · Feminism
WebsiteInfo and biography

She was born to Slovene parents in Budapest in 1947 where her father Rudolf Čačinovič was serving as a military attache.[3] She graduated in philosophy and comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana.[2] She subsequently studied at the University of Bonn from 1968 to 1970 where her father was serving as ambassador of Yugoslavia to West Germany. She obtained a doctorate and became a professor at the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb, being employed there since 1976.[1][2]

She is also a member of an Advisory Board of a left-wing magazine Novi Plamen. Čačinovič was also active in left wing politics, running for parliament for the Social Democratic Action of Croatia.[3]

Since 2009 she has been the president of the Croatian P.E.N. Centre, member of International PEN.[4]

After Andrea Zlatar-Violić became Minister of Culture in the Croatian government, Čačinovič was selected by Zlatar-Violić to take her place in the ministry's Committee for Books, Publication, and Bookselling Activities on 4 July 2012.[5]

In 2017, Čačinovič has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[6]

Published books
  • Zašto čitati filozofe. Zagreb, 2009.
  • Vodič kroz svjetsku književnost za inteligentnu ženu. Zagreb, 2007.
  • Žene i filozofija. Zagreb, 2006.
  • Parvulla aesthetica. Zagreb, 2004.
  • Danilo Pejović, professor emeritus Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis studiorum Zagrabiensis. Zagreb, 2002.
  • U ženskom ključu. Zagreb, 2000.
  • Doba slika u teoriji mediologije. Zagreb, 2001.
  • Ogled o pismenosti. Zagreb, 1994.
  • Estetika. Zagreb, 1988.
  • Estetika njemačke romantike. Zagreb, 1987.
  • Pisanje i mišljenje. Zagreb 1981.
  • Subjekt kritičke teorije. Zagreb, 1980.

References
  1. Nina Ožegović (2007-05-08). "Nadežda Čačinovič - europska karijera borbene filozofkinje" [Nadežda Čačinović - European career of a confrontational philosopher]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  2. "Prof. dr. sc. Nadežda Čačinovič, red. prof" (in Croatian). Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  3. "Nadežda Čačinovič - europska karijera borbene filozofkinje". Nacional. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. "Nadežda Čačinović nova predsjednica hrvatskog P.E.N.-a" (in Croatian). T-portal. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  5. Povjerenstvo za odlučivanje o sukobu interesa
  6. Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.
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