Naslov
Prikaz knjige „Arhetip granice“, autor: Niko Zurak. Zagreb: Medicinska naklada, 2013.
(Review of the book “Border archetype“, author: Niko Zurak. Zagreb: Medicinska naklada, 2013.)

Autori
Hajnšek, Sanja ; Petelin Gadže, Željka

Izvornik
Neurologia Croatica

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ostali članci/prilozi

Godina
2012

Ključne riječi
arhetipski koncept; granica; neurofiziologija; vidna percepcija
(archetypic concept; border; neurophysiology; visual perception)

Sažetak
The book “Border archetype“ is innovative scientific work, divided into two parts. The first part “Border archetype“, entitled as the whole book, consists of two chapters and is composed of several ideologically connected thematic units – author explains archetypic concept of Carl Gustav Jung, subsequently thematic unit of mathematical archetypes of numbers and geometry, respectively mathematical platonism is discussed, and significant part of the text is dedicated to the gestalt psychology, in the spirit of which author discusses illusory contours. Thematic unit “Hypothesis of border archetype“ with Discussion is the central part of the first part of the book and of the whole book, in which author explains authentic idea that the border archetype is basic archetype, proto-archetype from which all other archetypes are differentiated. The second part of the book, entitled “Neurophysiology of holism“, consists of four chapters. The majority of this part is dedicated to the neurophysiology of the visual perception. The author also uses holistic approach in analyzing language and speech functions, and one shorter, very interesting part is dedicated to the music as universal language. This book represents authentic scientific work with a great contribution to the development of science, which cannot be compared with other works dedicated to the identical or related subject, because such works, with holistic approach to the mentioned issues, according to our knowledge, have not been published so far. In this book references from the number of scientific disciplines are cited and critically analyzed. The approach to the importance of the subject being discussed in this work is very appropriate. This interdisciplinary scientific work is intended to the broad academic society - to the physicians, especially neurologists, neurophysiologists, psychiatrists and neuro-ophtalmologists. The leading thought of this original scientific work is that it is possible to find the explanation of the collectiveness of the perception, language, speech functions and cognition in the holistic approach to the understanding of the complexity of the human brain, by extension of the archetypic concept of Carl Gustav Jung using the idea of border proto-archetype. From the border archetype all other archetypes are differentiated, whether they are mathematical, biological, psychological or sociological. In the potential of differentiating capacity of the border archetype there are hidden possibilities of the evolution of all areas of natural and humanistic sciences, social relations, and art (painting, music, theatre, film). Simple, elegant proof of the genesis of the border archetypic picture in the unconscious part of the visual perceptualization is the original scientific discovery, which has been escaped from the attention of the neuroscientists from the field of the vision neurophysiology. Connecting his idea of border archetype with unusual attractors and fractal geometry of the chaos theory, the author affirms nonlinear dynamics as modus operandi of the functioning of the human brain. The hypothesis of the border archetype is very encouraging for the explanation of the genesis of some psychopathological entities and psychopathological phenomena, especially hallucinations. Numerous color illustrations that facilitate understanding of some more complicated parts of the text, as well as rich glossary of medical and philosophical terms, contribute to the quality of this scientific work. Except in the specialized societies of neurologists, neurophysiologists, neuro-ophtalmologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, we are assured that this book will find readers in the wider academic society, especially between intellectuals who follow one of the most intriguing areas of the general intellectual interest nowadays, the “mind-body problem“.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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