Mario Kopić (born 13 March 1965) is a philosopher,

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and

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. His main areas of interest include: the

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, the

philosophy of art Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed th ...

, the

philosophy of culture Philosophy of culture is a branch of philosophy that examines the essence and meaning of culture. Early modern discourses German Romanticism The German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) has formulated an individualist definition of "enl ...

phenomenology Phenomenology may refer to: Art * Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties Philosophy * Phenomenology (philosophy), a branch of philosophy which studies subjective experiences and a ...

and the

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...

. Kopić is influenced by and writes extensively on

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th ce ...

, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida,

Gianni Vattimo Gianteresio Vattimo (born 4 January 1936) is an Italian philosopher and politician. Biography Gianteresio Vattimo was born in Turin, Piedmont. He studied philosophy under the existentialist Luigi Pareyson at the University of Turin, and graduat ...

Reiner Schürmann Father Reiner Schürmann, O.P., Ph.D. (February 4, 1941 – August 20, 1993) was a German Dominican priest and philosopher. From 1975 to his death, he was Professor in the department of philosophy of the Graduate Faculty of the New School f ...

and

Dušan Pirjevec Dušan Pirjevec, known by his nom de guerre Ahac (20 March 1921 – 4 August 1977), was a Slovenian Partisan, literary historian and philosopher. He was one of the most influential public intellectuals in post–World War II Slovenia. Earl ...

. He also translated works by Nietzsche (''

Thus Spoke Zarathustra ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None'' (german: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), also translated as ''Thus Spake Zarathustra'', is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Niet ...

'', ''

On the Genealogy of Morality ''On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic'' (german: Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift) is an 1887 book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It consists of a preface and three interrelated treatises ('Abhandlungen' in German) that ...

''), Giorgio Agamben, Gianni Vattimo, Jacques Derrida,

Emmanuel Levinas Emmanuel Levinas (; ; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics t ...

and Dušan Pirjevec into Croatian.

Life and work

Mario Kopić was born in

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

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, former

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. He studied philosophy and

comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

at the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

;

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana ( sl, Univerza v Ljubljani, , la, Universitas Labacensis), often referred to as UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 39,000 enrolled students. History Beginnings Although certain ...

; the

at the ''Institute Friedrich Meinecke'' at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

(under the mentorship of

Ernst Nolte Ernst Nolte (11 January 1923 – 18 August 2016) was a German historian and philosopher. Nolte's major interest was the comparative studies of fascism and communism (cf. Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism). Originally trained in philosophy, he was ...

); and

comparative religion Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yie ...

and anthropology of religion at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

(under the mentorship of Ida Magli). Mario Kopić's philosophical work is under the influence of the

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philosophical approach known as ''pensiero debole'' or "weak thought", the

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thought of

Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

, and the

ethical Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns ma ...

-political thought of late

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. In his latest works ''The Unhealable Wound of the World'', ''The Challenges of the Post-metaphysics'', ''Sextant'' and ''The Beats of the Other'' Kopić developed a kind of onto-politics of liberal-conservative postmodernism and the post-

anthropocentric Anthropocentrism (; ) is the belief that human beings are the central or most important entity in the universe. The term can be used interchangeably with humanocentrism, and some refer to the concept as human supremacy or human exceptionalism. ...

humanism Humanism is a philosophy, philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and Agency (philosophy), agency of Human, human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical in ...

. For him the world is the

space Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually cons ...

of being as event, and only then the arena of national and social or political conflict.

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, or

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, is our

ontological In metaphysics, ontology is the philosophical study of being, as well as related concepts such as existence, becoming, and reality. Ontology addresses questions like how entities are grouped into categories and which of these entities exi ...

responsibility, which precedes

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and

moral responsibility In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one's moral obligations. Deciding what (if anything) counts as "morally obligatory" is a ...

.http://zlaticahoke.blogspot.hr/2016/01/internet-and-philosophy.html/ Kopić appears in

Igor Ivanov Izi Igor "Izi" Ivanov ( mk, Игор "Изи" Иванов; born 3 April 1973) is a Macedonian film director and writer. He studied philosophy and began his film career in 1993, when he started directing series of films for television. Between 1995 a ...

's 1995 film N.E.P.

Published books

* Art and Philosophy: An Anthology (''Filozofija i umjetnost - Antologija''), Delo 11-12 /1990, Belgrade 1990. * Experiencing the Margins of the Sense (''Iskušavanje rubova smisla: pabirci iz estetike''), Dubrovnik 1991. * With Nietzsche on Europe (''S Nietzscheom o Europi''),

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

2001. *

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his car ...

and Evola: The Thought as Destiny (''Nietzsche e Evola: il pensiero come destino''),

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2001. * A Trial to the West (''Proces Zapadu''), Dubrovnik 2003. * The Challenges of the Post-Metaphysics (''Izazovi post-metafizike''),

Sremski Karlovci Sremski Karlovci ( sr-cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ; hu, Karlóca; tr, Karlofça) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danu ...

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

2007. * The Unhealable Wound of the World (''Nezacjeljiva rana svijeta''), Zagreb 2007. *

Reader (Ed.),(''Gianni Vattimo: Čitanka (Ur.)''), Zagreb 2008. *

, Death and Nothing (ed.), (''Smrt i niština, (Ur.)'') Zagreb 2009. * Sextant: The Outlines of the Spiritual Foundations of the World (''Sekstant: Skice o duhovnim temeljima svijeta''), Belgrade 2010. * The Beats of the Other (''Otkucaji drugoga''), Belgrade 2013. * The Windows: Essays on Art and Literature (''Prozori: Ogledi o umjetnosti''), Dubrovnik 2015. * Darkness in the Pupil of the Sun: Philosophical Essays (''Tama u zjenici sunca: Filozofski ogledi''), Dubrovnik 2018 * Desire and Striving (''Žudnja i stremljenje''), Zagreb 2018 * Against the Obvious (''Protiv samorazumljivosti''), With Vedran Salvia, Dubrovnik 2020. * The Otherworld according to

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

(''Prekogroblje po Danteu''), Zagreb 2021.

References

Sources

Interview with Mario Kopić, Zarez, 2008

Interview with Mario Kopić, Dubrovački list, 2011

Interview with Mario Kopić, Dubrovački list, 2015

2011 article by Mario Kopić about Hannah Arendt

2012 article by Mario Kopić about Heidegger

2013 article by Mario Kopić about Derrida

2015 article by Mario Kopić about Reiner Schürmann

External links

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20131012015421/http://www.odjek.ba/eng/index.php?broj=02&id=06 Kafka and Nationalism by Mario Kopićbr>M. Kopić Heideggers Wiederholungsverständnis 2013.

M. Kopić Le peuple, la nation et l'(im)pouvoir 2012.

M. Kopić Paul Ricoeur – filozof čitanja 2005.
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Life and work

Published books

See also

References

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