The Inner World: A Psychoanalytic Study of Childhood and Society in India (Oxford India Perennials)

by Sudhir Kakar

Book Overview

This wide-ranging and well-researched study explores the developmental significance of Hindu infancy and childhood and its influence on identity formation. Drawing on a wide range of anthropological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198077157
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.7" x 0.7" x 8.4"

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This is a remarkable attempt to build the foundations of Indian/Hindu psychiatry. It will touch a chord with anyone who has grown up in India, and is instructive for people seeking to understand how psychiatry and psychoanalysis translate to non-Western cultures.