Dr Slobodan Bob Zunjic
Curriculum Vitae
A Office Address
University of Rhode Island
Department of Philosophy
Chafee 185
Phone: 874-4441
Kingston, RI 02881
B Current and Previous Positions
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island, 1999-present.
Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the History of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade, 1990-1997.
Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy and the History of Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 1990- 1997.
Member of the Board of Directors in the Institute for Literature in Belgrade, 1992-1997.
Associate Professor of Greek Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, 1989-1997.
Co-Director of International Conference on Nietzsche, Inter-University Center Dubrovnik 1989.
Project Director, Ancient Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Belgrade, 1990-1996.
Editor-in-chief, Gledista, the main interdisciplinary Yugoslav journal in the humanities, 1989-present.
C Education and Academic Degrees
Ph.D. Philosophy, 1985. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy.
Dissertation: "The Concept of One in Aristotle's Metaphysics" (mentor: M. Djuric).
Humboldt Fellow, 1982/1983. Carl Eberhardt University in Tubingen
"The Unwritten Doctrines of Plato" (mentor Hans Kraemer).
M.A. Philosophy, 1982. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy.
Thesis: "The Key Words of Early Greek Thought in Heidegger's Interpretation" (mentor: V. Korac).
B.A. (dipl. philosopher) magna cum laude in Philosophy and in Classics, 1972.
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy. Thesis: "The Eleatic Theory of Being",
(mentor B. Pavlovic) awarded with the October Prize of the City of Belgrade.
D Academic Experience
University of Rhode Island, Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, 1999-present.
University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Professor, Philosophy, Classics, Balkan History, 1997/1998.
University of Belgrade, Associate Professor, Ancient and Byzantine Philosophy, Hermenutics,
Methodology of the History of Philosophy, 1992-1997.
Chair, History of Philosophy Group, University of Belgrade, 1990-1996.
Docent for the History of Philosophy, teaching mainly Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle,
Epicurus and Neoplatonism, 1986-1992
Inter-University Center for Post-Graduate Studies in Dubrovnik, Co-Director of International
Conference on Nietzsche, 1989.
University of Belgrade, Assistant Professor, History of Ancient Philosophy. Leading seminars in
Greek Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy, 1976-1985.
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy.Associate Professor. Ancient and Continental
Philosophy, Methodology of the History of Philosophy,1989-1997.
Institute of Philosophy, Belgrade, Scientific Secretary, 1976.
Institute for European Studies, Belgrade, Assistant on the project "Contemporary critiques of
Humanism (Heidegger, Althusser, Foucault)", 1975.
Institute of Philosophy, Belgrade. Researcher on a survey of Slavonic Medieval Philosophy, 1972-1974.
E Teaching & Research Experience & Interests
Undergraduate Studies: Ancient Philosophy, Byzantine Philosophy, Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophical Hermeneutics.
Graduate Studies: Methodology of the History of Philosophy, Philosophy and its Language.
Additional Teaching Interests:
Practical Philosophy (Aristotle, Kant, Marx); Philosophical Anthropology; Marxism; Heidegger, Contemporary German and French Philosophy.
Research Interests:
Greek and Byzantine Philosophy, Political and Social Philosophy, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Heidegger, Gadamer, Habermas and the Frankfurt School, Derrida, Lyotard, and the Postmodern Movement.
F Languages
Native fluency in Serbo-Croatian; fluency in English, French and German; reading proficiency in modern Greek; expertise in classical Greek and Latin.
Over 20 translations from Greek (presocratics, Aristotle), German (Kant, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers), English (father Copleston's History of Philosophy, A Dialogue on the Existence of God) and French (Derrida, Lyotard).
G International Conferences
"The Biological and the Political Side of Human Nature in Aristotle",
Sixth International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Ierissos 1994.
"Prospects for an actualization of Orthodox legacy",
The Eastern Christian World and the Challenges of the New World Order, Belgrade 1994.
"The Definitions of Philosophy in the Dialectica of John Damascene",
Fifth International Conference on Greek Philosophy, Samos 1993.
"Herrschaft und Souverentitaet. Hegel und Nietzsche in der Lekture von Georges Bataille",
11th International Nietzsche-Conference, Dubrovnik 1991.
"Tiefe und Oberflaeche im Denken Nietzsches", 10th International Nietzsche-Conference, Dubrovnik 1990.
"Lust an der Vernunft", 8th International Nietzsche-Conference, Dubrovnik 1988.
"Jurgen Habermas und die jugoslavische Praxis-Philosophie", Frankfurter Schule und die Folgen, Ludwigsburg 1986.
"Begrifflichkeit und Sprache bei Nietzsche", 2nd International Nietzsche Conference, Dubrovnik 1982.
"Hegel und Heidegger, oder Aufhebung versus Wiederholung gegenuber der griechischen Uberlieferung",
13th Hegel-Congress, Belgrade 1979.
H Publications (Selected)
I Books:
Logic and Theology, (The Dialectic of John of Damascus in Byzantine and Serbian Philosophy) forthcoming.
Sluzbe Menomisini (Services for Mnemosyne, Critical Appraisals of Contemporary Philosophy), Belgrade 2007.
Kriza i perspektive filozofije, [The Crisis and Perspectives of Philosophy],
ed. D.Basta, S. Zunjic, M. Kozomara, Beograd 1995.
Die serbische Philosophie heute, Hrsg. M. Djuric und S. Zunjic, Slavica Verlag, Munchen 1993.
Martin Hajdeger i nacionalsocializam [Martin Heidegger and National Socialism], KZNS, Novi Sad 1992, 1-317.
Aristotel i Henologija [Aristotle and Henology], Prosveta, Beograd 1988, 1-456.
Fragmenti Elejaca, Parmenid, Zenon, Melis, [Eleatic Fragments: Parmenides, Zeno, Melissos],
BIGZ, Beograd 1984, 1-158.
II Publications in Foreign Languages:
1. "Destin, Milieu et 1'Esprit - les trois figures de l'ideologie Europeenne Germanique", Dialogue 24/2001, Paris.
2. "La philosophie en Yougoslavie", in L'Encyclopedie Philosophique Universelle, ed. A. Jacob, t. IV, sous la direction de J.F.Mattei, PUF, Paris 1998, 769-788.
3. "The biological and the political side of human nature in Aristotle", Aristotelian Political Philosophy, vol. I, ed. K. Boudouris, Athens 1995, 151-173.
4. "The definitions of philosophy in the Dialectica of John Damascene: Their ancient sources and their Byzantine meanings", Philosophy and Orthodoxy, ed. K.I. Boudouris, Athens 1994, 294-323.
5. "Modelle postmodernen Vergessens", in Serbische Philosophte heute, Slavica Verlag, Munchen 1993, 279 - 308.
6. "Philosophie in Serbien heute. Ansaetze zur Entwicklungsgeschichte und zum gegenwaertigen Stand" (Mitverfasser: M. Djuric), in Serbische Philosophie heute, Slavica Verlag, Munchen 1993, 9 - 72.
7. "Herrschaft und Souveraenitaet. Hegel und Nietzsche in der Lekture von Georges Bataille", Nietzsche und Hegel, Hrsg. M. Djuric, J, Simon, Koenigshausen & Neumann, Wuerzburg 1992, 145-174.
8. "Homo Faber und seine Emanzipation. Juergen Habermas und die jugoslawische Praxis-Philosophie", in Ideen zu einer integralen Anthropologie, Hrsg. S. Bonk, Munchen 1991, 211-238.
9. "Lust an der Vernunft", in Nietzsches Begriff der Philosophie, Konigshausen & Neumann, hrsg. M. Djuric, Wuerzburg 1990, 131-150.
10. "Begrifflichkeit und Metapher. Einige Bemerkungen zu Nietzsches Kritik der philosophischen Sprache", Nietzsche-Studien 16/1987, 149-163.
11. "C'est idee?", Thema 4/1985, 33-55.
III Articles and Studies:
1. "Dijalekticka lirika Straha i drhtanja" (The Dialectical Lyrics of Fear and Trembling), A new preface to Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, Belgrade 2004 .
2. "Uvod u istoriju srpske filozofije", Gledista 1-2/1999, 5-77.
3. "Petronijevicevi istorijsko-filozofski spisi", in: Izabrana dela, v. 4, Belgrade 1998, 671-694 (co-author: I. Maric)
4."O antickom nasledju u vizantijskoj filozofiji" (On ancient legacy in Byzantine Philosophy), Gledista 3-4/1997, 3-45.
5. "Sumrak vizantijske filozofije u VII veku" (The Twilight of Byzantine Philosophy in the VII century), Gradac 43/1997, 69-84.
6. "Nastava i sistematika filozofije u Vizantiji" [Byzantine philosophical education and its system of philosophical disciplines], Gledista 1-6/1996, 7-33.
7. "Balkanska lakoca 'postmodernog' svindlovanja" [The Balkan lightness of "postmodern" swindling], Theoria 1/1996, 105 - 139.
8. "Bog filozofa u antici" [The philosopher's God in Antiquity], Pojam Boga u filozofiji [The idea of God in philosophy], Novi Sad 1996, 9 - 53,
9. "Definicije filozofije u Dijalektici Jovana Damaskina" [The definitions of philosophy in the Dialectica of John Damascene], Filozofski godisnjak, 8/1995, 19 - 53,
10. "Sudbina, duh i sredina - tri toposa evropske germanske ideologije" [Destiny, Spirit and the Middle - The three figures of European German Ideology], Kako misliti buducnost Evrope, Sremski Karlovci 1995, 44 - 66.
11. "Nihilizam, metafizika, Postmodernism" [Nihilism, metaphysics and postmodernism], Kriza i perspektive filozofije, Beograd 1995, 507 - 539.
12. "Niceova dijalektika dubine i povrsine" [Nietzsche's dialectics of depth and surface], Zbornik knjizevno-filozofske skole u Krusevcu, knj. II, 1995, 69-79.
13. "Damaskinova Dijalektika u srpskoj filozofiji" [The Dialectica of John Damascene in Serbian philosophy], Istocnik 9/1994, 43-77,
14. "Filozofski pojam kritike u antici" [The philosophical notion of Criticism in Antiquity], Godisnjak Filosofskog fakulteta u Novom Sadu, knj. XXI-XXII, 1994, 30-40.
15. "Samoradjanje i samoproizvodnja" [Self-begetting and self-production], Zbornik filozofskog fakulketa (Spomenica Vojina Milica), Serija B, drustv. nauke, br. XVI/1993, 239-274.
16. "Postmoderni terminoloski cirkus" [The postmodern terminological circus], Theoria 1/1992, 127- 147.
17. "'Postsemanticka upotreba terminologije" [The Post-semantic usage of terminology], Theoria 2/1991, 101-117.
18. "Tales kao protejska figura pocetka filozofije" [Thales as a Protean figure of the beginning of philosophy], Akademija nauka i umjetnosti BiH, Odeljenje drustvenih. nauka, Knj. 30, sv. 2, Sarajevo 1991, 317-334.
19. "Anaksimandar i zacetak evropske filozofije" [Anaximander and the beginning of European philosophy], Filozofski godisnjak 3/1990, 7-84.
20. "Univerzitet i autonomija" [University and Authonomy], Univerzitet na pragu XXI veka, Beograd 1990, 451-455.
21. "Logos: skica za istoriju pojma" [Logos: a Sketch of the History of an idea], Luca 1-2/1989, 112- 119,
22. "Politika jednog 'teorijskog' osporavanja praxis-filozofije" [The politics of one "theoretical" refutation to Praxis Philosophy], Pitanja 2-3/1989, 86-94.
23. "Parmenidovo bice i Hajdegerovo bistvovanje" [The Being of Parmenides and Heidegger's Sein], Filozofski godisnjak 3/1988, 7-72.
24. "Hegel i Hajdeger. Odnos povesnosti i vremenosti u rasponu prevladavanja i ponavljanja" [Hegel and Heidegger: The relationship of historicity to temporality in the interval between overcoming and repetition], Zbornik filozofskog fakulteta XV-2/1988, 125-167.
25. "Heidegger i Postmodernism" [Heidegger and postmodernism], Postmoderna. zabluda ili nova epoha?, Zagreb 1988, 95-106.
26. "Vecna filozofija i zdrav razum" [Philosophia perennis and common sense],Worword for Serbo-Croatian translation of father Copleston's A History of Philosophy (vol. I), Beograd 1988, 7-27 (new revised edition 1991).
27. "Filozofija (SR Srbija)" (coauthors: V. Korac, Z. Kucinar), Encik1opedija Jugoslavije, v. 4/1986, 175-177.
28. "Habermas i Marx. Teorija komunikativnog delanja i Marxovo shvatanje drustva" [Habermas and Marx: The theory of communicative action and Marx's understanding of society], Theoria 1-2/1984, 21-37.
29. "Aristotel i presokratovska shvatanja Jednog" [Aristotle and pre-Socratic concepts of one], Luca 1- 2/1984, 136-158.
30. "Aristotel i Marx" [Aristotle and Marx], Filozofska istrazivanja 7/1983, 1-14.
31. "Razvoj srpske filozofske terminologije" [The development of Serbian philosophical terminology], Zbornik Filozofskog fakulteta XIII-2/1983, 225-244.
32. "Ime i pojam teorije" [The term and the notion of theory], Theoria 1-2/1983, 203-220.
33. "Pojmovnost i metafora; napomene o Nietzscheovoj kritici filozofskog jezika" [Conception and metaphor: Notes on Nietzsche's critique of philosophical language], Theoria 3-4/1982, 87-97.
34. "Mimesis i poiesis: samootkrivanje bivstvovanja u X knjizi Platonove Drzave" [Mimesis and Poiesis: Self-disclosing of being in the Book X of Plato's Republic], Misljenje na kraju filozofije eds. M. Djuric i I. Urbancic, Beograd 1982, 57-64.
35. "Uvezbavanje u aristotelijanskim tumacenjima" [Exercising in Aristotelian interpretations], Theoria 4/1981, 81-87.
36. "Zenonovi dokazi protiv mnostva" [Zeno's arguments against plurality], Ziva antika 1-2/1981, 157-170.
37. "Heraklitov logos kao zbirajuca zbranost" [The logos of Heraclitus' as gathering togetherness], Filosofske studije 10/1979, 89-149.
38. "Sta je noumenalno u Kantovoj filozofiji?" [What is noumenal in Kant's philosophy?], Theoria 1975, 99-105.
39. "Egzistencijalna dijalektika vere" [The existential dialectics of faith], Forword for Serbo-Croatian translation of Fear and Trembling, Beograd 1975, 1-25.
40. "Hajdeger i problem antropologije" [Heidegger and the problem of anthropology], Filozofija 3-4/1973, 89-111.
I Scholarly and Professional Associations
The International Association for Greek Philosophy, Athens.
The American Philosophical Association, Newark
The Committee for Philosophy at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), Belgrade.