Anger as a Philosophical Motivation: An Example of Gordana Bosanac

Sa？etak This paper explores the positive influence of emotions, especially the emotion of anger, on philosophy oriented toward criticism and change of the existent. The work is divided into four parts. In the first part, the historical relationship between philosophy and emotions as objects of philosophical reflection is analysed. An attitude that was determined dominant understood emotions as obstacles to appropriate thinking and acting. In the second part, alternative understanding of the role of emotion in thinking and acting is considered, and the views determining emotions as important sources of motivation are presented. In the third part, a specific emphasis is placed on the emotion of anger with which, besides the traditional negative features, positive ones are also linked, associated with the struggle against injustice. Anger is further determined not as a hindrance, but as a source of the philosophy of social change. In the fourth part, the latter thesis is exemplified in the philosophy of Gordana Bosanac, Croatian philosopher and human rights fighter, who approaches the subject of social (in)justice in an epistemologically and ontologically innovative and relevant way, by virtue of her emotions and not despite them