Blaženka Despot (January 1, 1930 in

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– February 18, 2001 in Zagreb) was a

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, socialist

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, and sociologist. After finishing high school in Zagreb in 1948 and graduating in

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at the

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, she received her PhD in

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in 1970 with a thesis on humanity of the technological society. During the period 1956-64 she worked as a high school professor, and later as an assistant at the Department of Socialism at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 1974 she was appointed as an associate professor of sociology and

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, receiving full professorship in 1980 as a Professor of

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, socialism and socialist self-management at the Veterinary Faculty in Zagreb. Since 1989 she worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Social Research at the

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. She published treatises and papers in journals '' Gledišta'' (1964–65, 1978, 1984), ''Praxis'' (1966–74), '' Kulturni radnik'' (1968, 1980, 1987), '' Naše teme'' (1968–70, 1982, 1984, 1988–90), '' Filozofija'' (1971–72), '' Revija za sociologiju'' (1972–73, 1989), '' Socijalizam'' (1978–81), '' Socijalizam u svetu'' (1978, 1981–82, 1984, 1986), '' Dometi'' (1980), '' Žena'' (1981–82), '' Filozofska istraživanja'' (1985 –86, 1990), '' Socijalna ekologija'' (1992) and others.

Works

* ''Humanitet tehničkog društva'', 1971, Zagreb * ''Ideologija proizvodnih snaga i proizvodna snaga ideologije'', 1976, Osijek * ''Plädoyer za dokolicu'', 1976, Beograd * ''Žensko pitanje i socijalističko samoupravljanje'', 1987, Zagreb * ''Emancipacija i novi socijalni pokreti'', 1989, Osijek

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Despot, Blazenka 20th-century Croatian philosophers Croatian sociologists Croatian women sociologists Croatian women philosophers Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Scientists from Zagreb Socialist feminists Croatian Marxists Women Marxists Marxist feminists 1930 births 2001 deaths