Serbian Philosopher and Educator Michail Markovic died at age 87

Belgrade, Feb. 08, 2010 (Serbia Today) – One of the most prominent Serbian philosophers of the 20th century, Professor Michail Markovic died yesterday . He was 87 years of age.
Professor Markovic was the follower of the materialistic school of the philosophy and as such has been deemed for a years as one of the pillars of Marxist philosophical concepts of Serbian society. The author of numerous books , he thought philosophy in Belgrade, and in numerous schools in Europe and USA. He was member of the Serbian academy of Science and Arts.
Member of the Communist Party from the early age, he fought in the Second World war on the side of Tito’s partisans.
In the sixties, he became one of the major critics of the politics of Tito’s government, and in the following years he was one of the most prominent Serbian political dissidents.
Markovic was one of the founding members of the Serbian Socialist Party in the early nineties, but after confronting the authoritarian regime of Slobodan Milosevic, he was forced out of the party membership in 1995. After that Markovic was not any more politically active.