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 The seven new, previously unpublished essays focus on the Indian mind and sexuality and the role of empathy in psychoanalysis and spiritual healing.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.
- ISBN10 0198072457
- ISBN13 9780198072454
- Publish Date December 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English