Traditional forms of affective reactions of people of Herzegovina

Nebojša, Čokorilo, Radovan

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

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1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%267459&page=0&so...

2009-2021/11/01/13:09:28

The paper offers a description and analysis of some traditional forms which still have effect on affective reactions of people living in east Herzegovina, who are therefore significant representatives of violent Dinars, according to our research and their psycho-psychical characteristics. The above mentioned violence and also misuse of force followed by impulsive reactions, motivated us to try to find role-models of such behavior within the tradition of these groups. We detected some representative factors conditionally named as: natural, cultural and spiritual. Each of them, separately and in correlation, takes part in transporting and forming of affectation of people from Herzegovina. The analysis, however didn't provide us with the answer to the question of manners of regulating, that is to say-the possibility of overcoming and socializing of the affected reactions of these people. While doing this research we were faced with the similar methodological doubts which nevertheless bothered Jovan Cvijic while he was doing the research on types of south Slovenians. A man is to man-as he said-one of the secrets, the hardest to penetrate in, which is why is so difficult to separate facts from suspicions, objective from subjective, exclude partiality, prejudices etc. Despite methods which Cvijic used (direct or indirect observation, research of folklore, epic poetry, national-confessional customs and similar), the personal experience of the author was of valuable significance and therefore provided using of the 'objective introspection'.