Shamans Mystics And Doctors
A Psychological Inquiry Into India And Its Healing Traditions
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ISBN:
9780198089421
Publication date:
24/09/2012
Paperback
324 pages
216x140mm
Price: 495.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198089421
Publication date:
24/09/2012
Paperback
324 pages
Sudhir Kakar
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and his own psychoanalytic training and experience, Sudhir Kakar takes readers on a compelling journey through healing temples and consultation rooms, engaging with vaids, shamans, tantriks, and gurus of mystical cults.
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Sudhir Kakar
Description
This major work of cultural interpretation offers a fascinating exploration of the diverse ways in which India?s healing traditions address emotional disorders. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and his own psychoanalytic training and experience, Sudhir Kakar takes readers on a compelling journey through healing temples and consultation rooms, engaging with vaids, shamans, tantriks, and gurus of mystical cults. With a new prologue by the author, this Oxford India Perennials edition reaffirms the book?s enduring significance since its original publication in 1982.
About the Author
Sudhir Kakar is a renowned psychoanalyst, novelist, and researcher in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion. A leading critical thinker, he has been honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the country?s highest civilian award.
Sudhir Kakar
Description
This major work of cultural interpretation offers a fascinating exploration of the diverse ways in which India?s healing traditions address emotional disorders. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and his own psychoanalytic training and experience, Sudhir Kakar takes readers on a compelling journey through healing temples and consultation rooms, engaging with vaids, shamans, tantriks, and gurus of mystical cults. With a new prologue by the author, this Oxford India Perennials edition reaffirms the book?s enduring significance since its original publication in 1982.
About the Author
Sudhir Kakar is a renowned psychoanalyst, novelist, and researcher in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion. A leading critical thinker, he has been honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the country?s highest civilian award.
Girishwar Misra
Sudhir Kakar
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Freda McManus
Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Religion
Dinesh Sharma
Anthony Storr
Daniel Pick
Mary Jane Tacchi, Jan Scott
Stuart Vyse
Andrew Scull
