Pro tempore, No. 19, 2024.
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An Intellectual History of Disputes over Herbartianism and the University of Zagreb (Summary)
Ivan Šanjug
Abstract
This paper presents the intellectual, cultural and political disputes related to the emergence and end of herbartianism as the dominant academic orientation in Croatia-Slavonia, i.e., at the University of Zagreb. An overview of the philosophical-academic situation in the Habsburg Monarchy of the 19th century is given, which enabled the development of herbartianism and the influence of Austrian philosophy on early Croatian philosophy. Herbartianism, viewed as a paradigm, established dominance in the emerging Croatian academic field and tried unsuccessfully to maintain its dominant position in the period of development of positive sciences at the turn of the century. Zagreb herbartian professors, as prominent public intellectuals, played a significant role in directing and maintaining intellectual flows in the field of philosophy, social sciences and art. Of particular importance was the university as the scene of struggles for prestige and intellectual success within the academic field.
Keywords
herbartianism; University of Zagreb; intellectual history; Franjo Marković; Izidor Kršnjavi; Gjuro Arnold
Hrčak ID:
335709
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Publication date:
17.9.2025.
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