| The Essential Sudhir Kakar Contributor(s): Kakar, Sudhir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198072457 ISBN-13: 9780198072454 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2011311651 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.40 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume includes some of the path-breaking essays by well-known psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar on themes ranging from Hindu childhood, modern mysticism, and India's healing traditions to male-female relations and Hindu-Muslim violence. The seven new, previously unpublished essays focus on the Indian mind and sexuality and the role of empathy in psychoanalysis and spiritual healing. The volume includes a comprehensive Introduction by Manasi Kumar to Sudhir Kakar's large corpus of work and an interview that seeks to unravel the making of India's most well-known psychoanalyst. |