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Mad and Divine: Spirit and Psyche in the Modern World
Sudhir Kakar
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Description for Mad and Divine: Spirit and Psyche in the Modern World
Hardcover. Looks at the interplay between spirit and psyche and the moments of creativity and transformation that occur when the spirit overcomes desire and narcissism. This book examines this relationship in religious rituals and healing traditions - both Eastern and Western - as well as in the lives of some extraordinary men. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; JMAF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 212 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Sudhir Kakar, India's foremost practitioner of psychoanalysis, has focused his career on infusing this preeminently Western discipline with ideas and views from the East. In "Mad and Divine", he takes on the separation of the spirit and the body favored by psychoanalysts, cautioning that a single-minded focus on the physical denies a person's wholeness. Similarly, Kakar argues, to focus on the spirit alone is to hold in contempt the body that makes us human. "Mad and Divine" looks at the interplay between spirit and psyche and the moments of creativity and transformation that occur when the spirit overcomes desire and ... Read more
Sudhir Kakar, India's foremost practitioner of psychoanalysis, has focused his career on infusing this preeminently Western discipline with ideas and views from the East. In "Mad and Divine", he takes on the separation of the spirit and the body favored by psychoanalysts, cautioning that a single-minded focus on the physical denies a person's wholeness. Similarly, Kakar argues, to focus on the spirit alone is to hold in contempt the body that makes us human. "Mad and Divine" looks at the interplay between spirit and psyche and the moments of creativity and transformation that occur when the spirit overcomes desire and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226422879
SKU
V9780226422879
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About Sudhir Kakar
Sudhir Kakar is a psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including The Analyst and the Mystic: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Religion and Mysticism; Intimate Relations: Exploring Indian Sexuality; and Shamans, Mystics and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Mad and Divine: Spirit and Psyche in the Modern World
"Kakar, a great intellectual, psychoanalyst, and anthropologist, is one of the principal figures in contemporary Indian thought." - Le Monde "An elegant stylist." - New York Times "In the history of India's cultural awakening in the twentieth century... some books will stand out as seminal. Among these Sudhir Kakar's will certainly find a place." - Indian Book Chronicle"