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The Essential Sudhir Kakar

The Essential Sudhir Kakar - Oxford India Paperbacks

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Publisher's Synopsis

The fifteen essays included in this volume celebrate three streams of knowledge-psychoanalysis, culture, and religion-and their confluence in Kakar's work. From the role of empathy in psychoanalysis, male-female relationships, and Indian sexuality to modern mysticism, religious conflict, Hindu childhood, and the significance of imagination-these writings represent a breakthrough in Indian social consciousness and indigenous knowledge systems. In the Preface, Ramin Jahanbegloo looks at the depth and influence of Kakar's ideas, while the Introduction by Manasi Kumar critically comments on how Kakar's ideas fit the larger context of psychoanalytic theory and culture. An interesting inclusion is a conversation between Sudhir Kakar and Madhu Sarin which explores the evolution of Kakar's relationship with psychoanalysis-from being influenced by psychoanalysis to playing a formative role in the psychoanalytic culture in India.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780190129156
Publisher: OUP India
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 616.8917
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 428
Weight: 410g
Height: 215mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 21mm