Danilo Pejović

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Danilo Pejović (born 6 March 1928, Ludbreg, Croatia, died 4 October 2007) was a Croatian philosopher.

During the World War II, in 1943, Pejović joined the National Liberation Army in its fight against the occupying forces of Yugoslavia. He continued his education after the war, graduating with a degree in philosophy at the University in Zagreb in 1953. He earned his PhD degree at the same university in 1958 with a dissertation about the ontology of Nicolai Hartmann.

Pejović was part of the wing of Yugoslav philosophical thought that was defending critical, unorthodox views. When the journal Praxis was established in 1964, Pejović joined its editorial board, becoming a co-editor of the journal, together with Gajo Petrović.

However, Pejović's cooperation with the Praxis School didn't last too long. After the attacks of the regime politicians against Praxis in 1966, Pejović resigned from his post as a co-editor of the Praxis and he broke his cooperation with the Praxis School. Later, opposite to his former coleagues in Praxis, he condemned the Yugoslav student demonstrations in 1968.