Ben Lazare Mijuskovic (1937-2026) received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California at San Diego and his M.A. in Literature from the same institution. He was a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and a retired Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Therapist. Dr. Mijuskovic was also a retired professor of philosophy and humanities at California State University at Dominguez Hills.

Professor Mijuskovic published articles in Telos, Dialogue, International Studies in Philosophy, Philosophical Quarterly, Sophia, Journal of Thought, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Critica, Philosophy Toady, Schopenhauer Jahrbuch, Review of Existential Psychiatry and Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychocultural Review, Psychology, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Idealistic Studies, Journal of Phenomenological Research, Psychoanalytic Review, Man and His Conduct, Journal of Social Philosophy, Journal of Thanatology, Psychological Perspectives, Cogito, Adolescence, Child Study Journal, The Psychotherapy Patient, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Journal of Couple Therapy, Essays in Philosophical Counseling, Zeitschrift fuer Philosophische Praxis, Philosophy and Literature, and others.

He authored 10 major works exploring the intersection of rationalism, idealism, phenomenology, existenstialism, consciousness, loneliness, and clinical psychology. His combined works sought to revive the history of ideas championed by Arthur O. Lovejoy and his “unit-idea” theory. Dr. Mijuskovic mined the history of philosophy, psychology, and literature for his own unit-ideas of the simplicity of the soul, unity of consciousness, peronal identity, and mind-body dualism from Plato to Wittgenstein.

He was loved by many colleagues, students, and clients in addition to his family. Many thanks to Dr. Mijuskovic for decades of service exploring consciousness and its effects. We are better for knowing you in various contexts and reading your many publications.

Rest in peace.