On 15 June this year, following a range of interesting events and thematic evenings organized in it so far, the Madlena Art Palace opened its doors to present the book by Dr Aleksandar Misojčić, psychiatrist and psycho-therapist, entitled “Čovek po meri šinjela” (A Man to Fit the Army Coat). The book is a psycho-biography of the renowned Serbian vojvoda Živojin Mišić, which was recently published by Zepter Book World to mark the anniversary of 100 years since the death of the famous military leader.
This event brought to the Madlena Art Palace top intellectuals, artists, and lovers of literature who, together with the author, discussed the depths of human psyche and set off to an exceptional journey exploring the pages of this extraordinary psycho-biography. Beside Dr Aleksandar Misojčić, the evening was additionally enriched with the presence of journalist and TV author Tanja Peternek, actors Tamara Aleksić and Petar Božović, neuropsychiatrist Časlav Hadži Nikolić, and publicist Dušan Babac.
In the discussion it was emphasized that in the book “A Man to Fit the Army Coat” Misojčić was focused on the life and personality of vojvoda Živojin Mišić, with a particular highlight on the importance of the military as the central theme which helped form Mišić’s personality. The author notes that for Mišić the military was a surrogate family and that military identity had a great deal of impact on his character features and values. Each chapter of the book is divided in two parts, the lyrical part, and the psychological-psychiatric part.
Dr Aleksandar Misojčić, psychiatrist and psycho-therapist, was born in Belgrade in 1974. He acquired his long-year experience firstly at the Institute for Mental health, and then in his own practice “Reč”. He is a systematic family psychiatrist with a European certificate which enables him to work at the territory of EU. In his work with psychotherapy, he particularly treats the dynamics of family relations. He also wrote the book “Grad – psihobiografija cara Dušana” (“The City – Psychobiography of Emperor Dusan”).
