Mislav Ježić
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Mislav Ježić (born 20 September 1952) is a Croatian philosopher and Indologist.[1]
He received a degree in Indology, philosophy, linguistics and Ancient Greek at the University of Zagreb. He received his Ph.D. in 1983 with a thesis on Rigvedic hymns.[2] From 1998 until his retirement in 2017[3] he worked as a professor of Indian philology at the University of Zagreb. His work deals with the Indo-European sources of Vedic tradition, research on the beginnings of Indian philosophy by comparing it with Ancient Greek philosophy, and explorations of the ancient Indian epics, Brahmanism and Hinduism.[1]
He organized several international conferences in the field of Indology, edited and published several proceedings. He is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2000.[1][2]
Works
[edit]- Ṛgvedski himni (1987)
- Mišljenje i riječ o bitku u svijetu (1989)
- Ṛgvedske upanišadi (1999)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ježić, Mislav", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1999–2009, retrieved May 29, 2014
- ^ a b "Mislav Ježić - Biography". tkojetko.irb.hr. Ruđer Bošković Institute. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Ugledni indolog i akademik poslan u prisilnu mirovinu: 'Kao da ste Einsteinu izglasali nepovjerenje'". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2020.