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28.06.2021.
Zagreb, HR

Democracy is still suffering from illness

Obzor magazine by Večernji list published an essay by Costica Bradatan, author of the book Dying for ideas, translated by TIM Press editor Dijana Bahtijari. Bradatan commented on his work and the ideas represented in it, in the context of contemporary social circumstances: History – the only real guide when it comes to this topic – testifies to the fact that democracy is rare and transient. It m...

21.06.2021.
Zagreb, HR

Costica Bradatan on life, death and philosophy

Costica Bradatan, American philosopher of Romanian origin, author of the book Dying for Ideas – The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers, will be a guest on Monday, June 28 at 6 pm in the City Library and Reading Room „Metel Ožegović" in Varaždin. A conversation on life, death and philosophy will be held with the translator of the book Dijana Bahtijari, and the conversation will be in English. See ...

14.06.2021.
Zagreb, HR

On writing as humanity's greatest invention

Branimir Pofuk's interview with Venko Andonovski, the author of the novel Alphabet for the Disobedient, latest edition of the House of Good Books, has been published in Večernji list. About this work, its importance and his reflections that inspired him, the author pointed out: I think we are slowly waking up, and that's good because we are realizing the importance of the beginnings of literacy. ...

11.06.2021.
Zagreb, HR

A tense story about fundamental particles

„Finally! That was my first thought when I found out about the Croatian translation of this book.“ - This is how Dario Hrupec started his review of the book How to find Higgs boson - and other big mysteries in the world of the very small by Ivo van Vulpen, a great young scientist and a member of the Atlas LHC collaboration at CERN, on the Novosti portal. You can read the full review here.

17.05.2021.
Zagreb, HR

„Is Europe Christian?“ in Glas Koncila

Glas Koncila published a review of the book Is Europe Christian? by Olivier Roy, in which the author discusses the historical connection between religion and society, the religious conditioning of sociological phenomena and its changes from the medieval domination of Christianity on the European continent, to the present day: „According to the author, until the 1960s, the subject of controversy w...

12.05.2021.
Zagreb, HR

How democratic left can slow down nationalism

Jutarnji list published a review of the book Nationalists and Patriots by political scientist Maurizio Viroli, a work that in a political-sociological way deals with the historical phenomena of nationalism, its relationship and the consequences of this relationship to social problems: „‛If it wants to stop nationalism’, Viroli argues, ‛the democratic left must first find an answer to the need for...

12.05.2021.
Zagreb, HR

TIM press presented two new titles on this year's Kliofest

On Tuesday, May 12, TIM press participated in this year's Kliofest, a festival of history and historical sciences. We gave our contribution to the promotion and development of historical topics to the general public by presenting two new titles: The Others by Ryszard Kapuściński and My Way Across the Pyrenees by Lisa Fittko. The presentation was held at the National and University Library in Za...

10.05.2021.
Zagreb, HR

Kliofest discount in TIM press

This year too, as part of Kliofest, turn on the time machine and grab all the TIM press history titles with the discount of up to 85%! Order these titles from May 10 to 16 via our web-shop, at prodaja@tim-press.hr or by phone at 01/611-9713. Delivery costs in the territory of the Republic of Croatia for orders over HRK 200,00 are defrayed by TIM press. We wish you a pleasant reading!

20.04.2021.
Zagreb, HR

„A new, distinctive dimension of one dark period“

Review of Lisa Fittko's book „My Way Across the Pyrenees“ was published in Novi list, shocking memoirs from the twilight of mankind that testify to war cowardice and xenophobia, but also to the courage of the people who defied them. Jaroslav Pecnik concluded about the book: „Lisa Fittko in her book sheds light on one dark period, but her work is not so much about people as it is about events; alt...

22.03.2021.
Zagreb, HR

Nadežda Čačinovič and „Dying for Ideas“

Croatian national television's show „Kultura s nogu“ hosted the philosopher and prof. emeritus at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Nadežda Čačinovič. Talking about philosophy, the science of „thinking about thinking“, its historical development and the contexts in which it becomes a dangerous vocation in the society, prof. Čačinovič presented a new book by American-Romani...