Milan Kangrga (born: Zagreb, 1923) is a Croatian philosopher. He is one of the leading thinkers in the Praxis school of thought which originated in the 1960s and 1970s SFRY. Zagreb at night, from Sljeme Zagreb cathedral St. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ...

Kangrga attended elementary and grammar school in Zagreb. It was during his undergraduate studies, in 1948, that he published his first philosophical article entitled On Ethics in Studentski List, provoking the League of Communists of Yugoslavia bureaucrats.In 1950, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, where he commenced his work as a teaching assistant working in the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Between 1962 and 1964 he studied in Heidelberg, Germany. He became a tenured professor in 1972 and this is the position that he held until his retirement in 1993. Zagreb at night, from Sljeme Zagreb cathedral St. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was the ruling party of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until the 1991. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ethics (from Greek ethikos) is the branch of axiology – one of the four major branches of philosophy, alongside metaphysics, epistemology, and logic – which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to define that which is right from that which is wrong. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

With Rudi Supek, Kangrga founded the Korcula Summer School, which was a unique meeting place for philosophers from the East and the West between 1964 and 1974. Together with Branko Bosnjak, Danko Grlić, Rudi Supek, Gajo Petrović, Predrag Vranicki, Danilo Pejović and Ivan Kuvacić he founded the journal Praxis. It is around these two institutions that the Praxis school of thought took shape. The defining features of the school were: 1) emphasis on the writings of young Marx; and 2) call for freedom of speech in both East and West based upon Marx's insistence on ruthless critique of everything existent. Milan Kangrga emphasizes creativity as well, but also the understanding of human beings as producers humanizing nature. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Milan Kangrga has lectured in Bonn, Münich, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, and Kiev among other cities. His articles have been published in Germany, Italy, the United States, France, Spain, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Mexico. Kangrga published twelve books in Croatian language. His most recent book, Šverceri vlastitog života has been published in Belgrade first, followed by a Zagreb edition.