Ljiljana Filipović

Ljiljana Filipović, a philosopher and writer, was born in Zagreb, where she earned her master’s degree, doctorate, and habilitation at the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She pursued parts of her education in England, Italy, and Germany. She is the author of the studies Filozofija i antipsihijatrija Ronalda D. Lainga (Philosophy and the Anti-Psychiatry of Ronald D. Laing), Nesvjesno u filozofiji (The Unconscious in Philosophy), Javne samoće (Public Solitudes), Prazne tvornice (Empty Factories), Scenariji kože (Skin Scenarios), Klub krivaca (The Club of the Guilty), and Žudnja i izdaja (Desire and Betrayal), as well as the novels Nevidljivi pas (The Invisible Dog), Sokol u šusteraju (The Falcon in the Cobbler’s Workshop), Nestali ljudi (The Missing People), and Preljubnik (The Adulterer), along with a dozen radio dramas. She is also the co-author of several works in English. Her collaboration with Radio Zagreb began in 1973 in the Drama Program with original radio plays—some of which received awards—as well as adaptations. She later wrote essays for the Third Program, translated, and became an editor, primarily editing programs in the field of philosophy. For innovative editorial work, she received the Croatian Radio Award in 2002. From 1998 to 2013 she taught Philosophical-Psychoanalytic Critique of the Dramatic Text at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, where she also attained the title of associate professor. She has published works in Croatian and international books and journals, thematically focusing on the interpretation of cultural phenomena and the interaction between philosophy and psychoanalysis. She has delivered lectures at conferences in Dublin, Moscow, London, Florence, Paris, Vienna, Lund, Beijing, Magdeburg, Marrakesh, Lisbon, Barcelona, and elsewhere, as well as at universities in Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and beyond. For her book Klub krivaca (The Club of the Guilty), she received the Višnja Machiedo Award for the best essay collection of 2017. She currently teaches as a visiting professor at the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb.