4 results for '"Sudhir Kakar"'

This volume contains a selection of papers discussed at a seminar in Delhi lead by Erik Erikson, whose pioneering contributions to an understanding of the steps leading to adulthood provided the base...

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...

Shamans, Mystics and Doctors is a detailed and thoroughly fascinating account of the many ways in which the ancient healing traditions of India--embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of...