Homo Janus Bulgaricus. Folk psychology and folk pathology (not only) of Bulgarians
In it I describe some of the manifestations of Homo Janus Bulgaricus as a community of people - some are inquisitive, talented, and others - uneducated, selfish, politicians, says Prof. Chaldakov
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A book on the folk psychology and folk pathology of the Bulgarians was published by Prof. Dr. Georgi Chaldakov. It contains 110 publisettes (publicist essays), one self-portrait, one In Praise of Snow White, 28 science-in-fiction (narrated science; not science fiction), an interview and a coda. 18 of them are presented bilingually - in Bulgarian and English, the scientist says. He was born in Burgas and is among the most faithful friends of the great poet Hristo Fotev, but since 1970 he has been living in Varna. He works in the Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy and histology, Medical University Varna.
"I am bitter about politicians
their drive for money and power cause the greatest troubles to the state and society
Their irresponsibility towards us, the fools who keep electing them. I say to the politicians: Be demophiles - friends of the people! The other -philes and -phobes are a geopolitical roulette in which Bulgaria has often participated and lost," says the author of "Homo Janus Bulgaricus Folk Psychology and Folk Pathology (not only) of the Bulgarians". The 377-page book is well illustrated with photographs, figures and tables.
"Like 'the whole exists before its parts' (Aristotle), in 'The Knight of the Sad Image' Miguel de Unamuno writes: 'The soul of a people carries within itself the future hero before he has seen the light of day, anticipating him as a wanderer in her a spirit that is taking shape and awaits its appearance. The hero is nothing but an individualized collective soul" - Genius loci (Spirit of the place)", writes Prof. Chaldakov in the preface.
"According to Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) - philosopher and father of essays - human existence, outside of its heroic and genius appearances, will forever remain the "imperfect, unfinished garden". A book with such a title was written by Tsvetan Todorov - a Bulgarian and French philosopher, as he himself defines himself (since 1963 he lives in France)", explains the scientist.
