Ljubomir Nedić
Ljubomir Nedić | |
|---|---|
| Љубомир Недић | |
Ljubomir Nedić circa 1890, portrait by Milan Jovanović | |
| Born | 25 April 1858 |
| Died | 29 July 1902 (aged 44) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Thesis | Die Lehre von der Quantification des Prädikats in der neueren englischen Logik (The Doctrine Concerning the Quantification of the Predicate in Recent English Philosophy) (1885) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Wundt |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Belgrade Higher School |
| Main interests | |
Ljubomir Nedić (Serbian: Љубомир Недић; 25 April 1858 – 29 July 1902) was a Serbian philosopher and literary critic.
Having received academic training in philosophy at the University of Leipzig, Nedić taught at the Belgrade Higher School beginning in 1885, after having defended his doctorate thesis on Sir William Hamilton's logic. During the 1890s, Nedić left philosophy and began his career as a literary critic. His criticisms were controversial during his time and targeted many highly respected Serbian writers such as Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Laza Kostić and Milan Milićević. Nedić advocated an interpretation of literary works with minimal attention to biographic and social circumstances in which they arose.
Despite his innovative and modern approach to Serbian literature, Nedić has been criticized for his lack of academic training in literary criticism, as well as his subjective and overly critical assessments of his political opponents, influenced by his staunch social conservative political views. His goal of clearing the path for a new generation of Serbian writers was carried out by Bogdan Popović soon after Nedić's death in 1902.