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Books by Sudhir Kakar
  | | Shamans, Mystics and Doctors(Updated) A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 1991 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42279-4, ISBN: 0-226-42279-8 "Sudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst and scholar, brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda. "With extraordinary sympathy, open-mindedness, and insight Sudhir Kakar has drawn from both his Eastern and Western backgrounds to show how the gulf that divides native healer from Western psychiatrist can be s ..." |
 | | The Kipling File by Sudhir Kakar, Hamish Hamilton Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2018 by Penguin Random House India ISBN-13: 978-0-670-09104-1, ISBN: 0-670-09104-9 "In the cultural hub of 1880s' Lahore Kay Robinson has taken over as editor of the Civil and Military Gazette. Assisting him is the young and impressionable Rudyard Kipling, a lonely, impulsive man who dreams of becoming a writer. Kipling's literary pursuits have been dismissed as fanciful and foolish by his previous boss. But Robinson is different. He encourages the young 'Ruddy', allowing him greater creative freedom at the Gazette. As ..." |
 | | The Seeker A Novel by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 2007 by Trumpeter ISBN-13: 978-1-59030-525-6, ISBN: 1-59030-525-6 "It is 1925 and India’s struggle for independence is in disarray, impeded by factionalism among its leaders and rising incidents of unrest across the country. Meanwhile, having withdrawn himself from active politics, Mahatma Gandhi is in an ashram immersed in what he considers the most important undertaking of his life—the creation of a community that is wholly dedicated to the highest standards of self-discipline, tolerance, and austeri ..." |
 | | The Colors of Violence(1st Edition) Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42285-5, ISBN: 0-226-42285-2 "For decades India has been intermittently tormented by brutal outbursts of religious violence, thrusting thousands of ordinary Hindus and Muslims into bloody conflict. In this provocative work, psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar exposes the psychological roots of Hindu-Muslim violence and examines with grace and intensity the subjective experience of religious hatred in his native land.With honesty, insight, and unsparing self-reflection, Kakar ..." |
 | | Mad and Divine Spirit and Psyche in the Modern World by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42287-9, ISBN: 0-226-42287-9 "Sudhir Kakar, Indiaâs 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 personâs wholeness. Similarly, Kakar argues, to focus on the spirit alone is to hold in contempt the b ..." |
 | | Ecstasy(1st Edition) (Hardback) by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 251 Pages, Published 2002 by Overlook Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58567-210-3, ISBN: 1-58567-210-6 |
 | | The Ascetic of Desire(Reprint) A Novel of the Kama Sutra by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2002 by Overlook Books ISBN-13: 978-1-58567-280-6, ISBN: 1-58567-280-7 "The enigmatic author of the Kama Sutra comes alive in this compelling novel narrated by his pupil, the son of a Brahmin scholar who has himself recently embarked on a journey of erotic exploration. Reprint." |
 | | Culture and Psyche(2nd Edition) Selected Essays by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-569668-4, ISBN: 0-19-569668-9 "Culture and Psyche is a collection of Sudhir Kakar's essays on cultural psychology, which analyses various facets of Indian identity and sexuality through sources as diverse as case studies, Indian myths and legends, and popular cinema. The second edition of this classic includes a new introduction and three additional essays which explore issues like riots, the psychology of Islamist terrorism, among others." |
 | | The Colors of Violence(1st Edition) Cultural Identities, Religion and Conflict (Hardback) by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42284-8, ISBN: 0-226-42284-4 "For Nissar they are the fighter pilots whose fame in serving the nation depends on the number of enemy planes each one ... A riot is a battle, an outbreak of hostilities in a long simmering war where the killings do not involve moral qualms or ..." |
 | | The Analyst and the Mystic(1st Edition) Psychoanalytic Reflections on Religion and Mysticism by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 91 Pages, Published 1992 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42283-1, ISBN: 0-226-42283-6 "Psychoanalytic Reflections on Religion and Mysticism Sudhir Kakar ... Old repressed and disavowed selfobject needs will reawaken and be mobilized, making the transference more and more intense. ... In the intimacy scale of the sixteenth-century North Indian saint Dadu: The guru speaks first with the mind Then with the ..." |
 | | Intimate Relations(1st Edition) Exploring Indian Sexuality by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 172 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-42280-0, ISBN: 0-226-42280-1 "Plumbing the hearts of women and men in India and exploring the relations they engage in, Sudhir Kakar gives us the first full-length study of Indian sexuality. His groundbreaking work explores India's sexual fantasies and ideals, the "unlit stage of desire where so much of our inner theater takes place."Kakar's sources are primarily textual, celebrating the primacy of the story in Indian life. He practices a cultural psychology that di ..." |
 | | Crimson Throne, The by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, Published 2012 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-341863-4, ISBN: 0-14-341863-7 "RIVETING, ELOQUENT AND RICHLY IMAGINED, THE CRIMSON THRONE IS SET IN THE TUMULTUOUS PERIOD MARKING THE END OF SHAH JAHAN S REIGN. NICCOLAO MANUCCI AND FRANCOIS BERNIER, TWO EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS, ARRIVE AT THE MUGHAL COURT TO FIND AN EMPIRE SPINNING INTO DECAY. AS THEY STEER THEIR WAY INTO THE INNERMOST CIRCLES OF THE ROYALS, LITTLE ESCAPES THEM-FROM SCANDALOUS HAREM GOSSIP TO COURTLY INTRIGUES THAT FUEL THE BRUTAL WAR OF SUCCESSION TO TH ..." |
 | | The Inner World(4th Edition) A Psychoanalytic Study of Childhood and Society in India (Oxford India Perennials) by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-807715-2, ISBN: 0-19-807715-7 "Feelings, impulses, wishes, and fantasies - the dynamic content of the inner world - occupy the deepest recesses of the psyche. It is through introspection and empathy, essential to psychotherapy, that the outside observer can grasp the meaning of the inner world of an individual. First published in 1978, The Inner World is an inquiry into the development of Indian identity. It examines the network of social roles, traditional values, ..." |
 | | Ecstasy (Paperback) by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 251 Pages, Published 2003 by Overlook Tp ISBN-13: 978-1-58567-458-9, ISBN: 1-58567-458-3 "Having fulfilled his destiny as a highly evolved Sadhu by undertaking mystic tribulations of monastic bliss, tantric awakening, madness, and transexuality, devout Brahmin leader Gopal develops a profound relationship near the end of his ..." |
 | | Ecstasy A Novel by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2002 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-100575-1, ISBN: 0-14-100575-0 "The body will go...but remember, the soul will eternally cry delight.' Dying, Gopal, or Ram Das Baba to his devotees, leaves his disciple and closest companion with the essence of his spiritual knowledge. It is the ultimate truth that a lifetime of seeking has revealed to him, made him a Paramahamsa, the most highly evolved of all sadhus. Ecstasy is a story about the making of a mystic and his astonishing experiences on the spiritual pa ..." |
 | | The Inner World(2nd Edition) A Psycho-analytic Study of Childhood and Society in India (Oxford India Paperbacks) by Sudhir Kakar Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 1983 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-561508-1, ISBN: 0-19-561508-5 "In this fascinating psycho-analytic study of Hindu childhood and society, Sudhir Kakar uses anthropological evidence, clinical data, mythology and folklore to open the door on to the daily lives of the Hindu family and the shadowy world of collective fantasy. It explores the developmental significance of Hindu infancy and childhood, and its influence on identity formation. It will be of interest to all who are interested in Indian socie ..." |
 | | Kamasutra(Reprint) (Oxford World's Classics) by Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Sudhir Kakar, Wendy Doniger, Terry Pratchett Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953916-1, ISBN: 0-19-953916-2 "The Kamasutra is the oldest extant textbook of erotic love. But it is more than a book about sex. It is about the art of living--about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a courtesan, using drugs--and also, of course, about the many and varied positions available to lovers in sexual intercourse and the pleasures to be derived from each. The Kamasutra was composed in Sanskrit, ..." |
 | | The Ascetic of Desire(1st Edition) by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-1-58567-007-9, ISBN: 1-58567-007-3 "The debut novel about the roots of desire and the enigmatic author of the Kama Sutra that is also an international sensation, with rights sold in six countriesThe Kama Sutra is the most widely read treatise on sex ever written, while the man who chronicled all there was to experience between men and women remains a mystery. In The Ascetic of Desire, Sudhir Kakar tells the story of its author, Vatsayana, and his times--the fourth century ..." |
 | | Shamans, Mystics, and Doctors(1st Edition) A Psychological Inquiry into India and Its Healing Traditions by Sudhir Kakar Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 1982 by Alfred A Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-52240-1, ISBN: 0-394-52240-0 "Sudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst and scholar, brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda". With extraordinary sympathy, open-mindedness, and insight Sudhir Kakar has drawn from both his Eastern and Western backgrounds to show how the gulf that divides native healer from Western psychiatrist can be sp ..." |
 | | Kamasutra(1st Edition) (Oxford World's Classics) by Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Sudhir Kakar, Wendy Doniger, Varios Autores Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-283982-4, ISBN: 0-19-283982-9 "The Kamasutra is the oldest extant textbook of erotic love. But it is more than a book about sex. It is about the art of living--about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a courtesan, using drugs--and also, of course, about the many and varied positions available to lovers in sexual intercourse and the pleasures to be derived from each. The Kamasutra was composed in Sanskrit, ..." |
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