Predrag Vranicki

Predrag Vranicki was a Yugoslav and Croatian Marxist academic, philosopher, and author. He worked at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb from 1947 until his retirement, serving as its dean from 1964 to 1966, and as the rector of the University of Zagreb from 1972 to 1976. He was affiliated with the Praxis School in the 1960s. Born in Benkovac, Vranicki's education spanned all over Yugoslavia, graduating from the University of Zagreb in 1947 and earning his PhD from the University of Belgrade in 1951. Initially an assistant and docent at the Faculty of Philosophy, he became a professor in 1959. He became a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (JAZU), later Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, in 1976.