Background
Jezdić was born in Polača, at the time in Austria-Hungary, today’s Croatia.
Jezdić was born in Polača, at the time in Austria-Hungary, today’s Croatia.
Most of his books were not published in Serbian. As a sympathizer of Joseph Stalin he was forced to escape to avoid persecution. When he arrived in Moscow, he was arrested under the allegation that he was a spy of the Communistic Party of Yugoslavia.
He spent three months in the notorious prison Lubyanka in Moscow.
Her health was greatly damaged in the prison, so she died by the end of 1951 from pneumonia. He died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
During his long carrier, Jezdić wrote several dozens of philosophical discussions, of which only a few were published. Criticism of the authorities was one of his dominant motives.
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One of Jezdić"s early role-models was the Russian revolutionist and philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, because of his tempestuous life. The most colorful character from Jezdić’s novel "Contempt" is a mysterious old man Aleksei Krinkop, who shouts: "Where authorities exist, freedom is gone", which is a motto of several anarchistic groups. This character was based upon the Russian philosopher, historian, and writer Peter Kropotkin.
Jezdić also wrote the analysis of the Russo-Japanese War, and the Russian revolution of 1905.
One of his crucial works is a discussion entitled, "Instead of the Law", which has an idealistic view on anarchism. Proudhon and mutualism.
He was released thanks to the initiative of some influential members of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs secret police.