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A PSYCHIATRIC REVIEW OF THE WORKS OF DINKO TOMAŠIĆ
Miroslav Goreta
; Vrapče Clinical Psychiatric Hospital, Zagreb
Abstract
Critical scientific actualization and evaluation of Tomašlč's works
is not only an important undertaking for Croatian sociology, but
also for other humanistic and social sciences including contemporary
psychiatry. It is from this perspective that the development
and psychology of different personality types to be found in the
two dominant culture types prevalent in Balkan societies are
analyzed. Personality features in tribal communities correspond
to some categories of psychopathic personality disturbances, but
the even bigger problem is in the transition of these dispositions
into real behaviour, which often becomes provoked by external
circumstances. Tomašić is thus important for his recognition of
this psychiatric risk dimension of "tribally" structured personalities
on the individual level as well as on the level of broader society.
Indicating also Tomašić's description of the "hajdučko-uskočki"
(outlaw-runaway) cultural model, the author argues that his 1936
analysis had already clearly demonstrated all the relevant reasons
for the breaking out of today's war in the area of former Yugoslavia.
ln the end, the author discusses the problem of transformation of
character structures with negative "tribal" features into democratic,
politically mature groups and individuals.
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Hrčak ID:
33101
URI
Publication date:
1.11.1993.
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