Igor Pribac

Igor Pribac (born 1958) is a Slovenian translator.

Igor Pribac
Born1958 (age 62–63)
Koper, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
InstitutionsUniversity of Ljubljana
Igor Pribac in Ljubljana, together with historians Marta Verginella (left) and Luisa Accati (centre).

Born in Koper in the Slovenian Littoral, then part of Yugoslavia, where he attended high school. He studied philosophy and sociology at the University of Ljubljana. He obtained a MA with a thesis on Spinoza's criticism of Descartes under the supervision of the philosopher Božidar Debenjak. In 1998, he obtained a PhD with a thesis on natural law in Hobbes and Spinoza. Since 1985, he has taught at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana.

He has translated several philosophical texts from English and Italian, including Will Kymlicka, Paolo Virno, Cesare Beccaria, and Thomas Hobbes.

He has also written on a variety of subjects, including psychology and psychoanalysis, natural law, early modern political theory, and the notion of post-modernism. He has published several reflections on contemporary issues, including on animal rights, television, and the changing role of marriage in post-modern societies, from a philosophical perspective. He has been a supporter of euthanasia and of the basic income.

Allegations of sexual harassment

On 17 November 2020, it was reported by Požareport[1] that the Senate of the University of Ljubljana had rejected Pribac's application for habilitation due to his alleged sexual harassment of two female students.[2] Pribac had previously been accused of making inappropriate comments on his Twitter feed in 2016 following the 2015-2016 New Year's sexual assaults in Germany.[3]

  1. "Ekskluzivno, drama sredi Filozofske fakultete: Igor Pribac brez habilitacije zaradi očitkov o spolnem nadlegovanju?!". pozareport.si. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. "Pribac v težavah zaradi očitkov študentk". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  3. "Pribac v težavah zaradi očitkov študentk". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2020-11-30.

Major works
  • Gledanje televizije ('Watching Television', Ljubljana: ŠOU, 1993)
  • Očetov delež ('The Share of the Father', Ljubljana: ČKZ, 1993)
  • Prava poroka? : 12 razmišljanj o zakonski zvezi, with Zdravko Kobe ('True Marriage: 12 Reflections on Matrimony', Ljubljana: Krtina, 2006)

References
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