Review article
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).1
Grabić’s Critique of Bazala’s Moral-Cultural Perspectives
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Petar Grabić has on several occasions criticised the philosophical insights and views of Albert Bazala, and present-day researchers have not been indifferent to this critique. In one such article, Barbara Ćuk examines Grabić’s critique of Bazala’s perspectives on scholastic philosophy and John Duns Scotus. However, this was not the only occasion on which Grabić challenged Bazala’s philosophical and cultural positions. In the 1914 issues of the journal Naša misao, there appears a three-part text entitled “A New Form of Thought and Faith”, in which Grabić criticises both Bazala and Aškerac. In a similar vein, the 1915 issue of Hrvatska straža featured Grabić’s article “Moral-Cultural Perspectives and Dr. A. Bazala”, which critically examined Bazala’s positivist and materialist perspectives, as outlined in the 1907 Hrvatsko kolo article “National Culture”. The subsequent discussion will concentrate on this latter critique, which pertains to Bazala’s moral and cultural views. First, an outline will be provided of Bazala’s philosophical and cultural positions. The paper then presents Bazala’s philosophical and cultural views, as well as Grabić’s objections and critiques, and finally we will evaluate the justification of this critique.
Keywords
Albert Bazala; Petar Grabić; positivism; materialism; Christianity; morality
Hrčak ID:
346877
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Publication date:
5.5.2026.
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