The Essential Writings of Sudhir Kakar

By Sudhir Kakar

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 The seven new, previously unpublished essays focus on the Indian mind and sexuality and the role of empathy in psychoanalysis and spiritual healing.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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198072457
• ISBN13: 9780198072454
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"