Inner World : a Psychoanalytic study of childhood and society in India

By:

Kakar, Sudhir

Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2021Edition: Ed.4Description: xx,272pISBN:

9780198077152

Subject(s):

Architecture--British influences Child psychology Hinduism--Psychology Psychoanalysis and culture Personality and culture Manners and customs Social conditions Children--Psychological aspects
design

DDC classification:

305.230954 KAK

Contents:

Contents Revisiting The Inner World ix Preface to the First Edition xix I Introduction 1 Aims and Approach 1 Culture and Personality 9 Personal Word 13 II The Hindu World Image 18 The Theme of Fusion-Moksha 19 Life Task and Life Cycle--Dharma 41 Ideas of Time and Destiny 50 III Mothers and Infants 61 Psychosocial Matrix of Infancy: Feminine Identity in India 65 The 'Good Mother' 91 The 'Bad Mother' 99 Infancy and Ego: Origins ofldentity in a Patriarchal Culture 116 IV Families and Children 136 Psychosocial Matrix of Childhood: The Extended Family 136 The Second Birth 150 Ontogeny of Homo Hierarchicus 158 V Tracings: The Inner World in Culture and History 168 Cult and Myths of Krishna 168 Shiva and Narcissus 182 The Revolutionary Yogi: Childhood of Swami Vivekananda 190 VI Conclusion: Childhood and Social Change 215 Appendix:The Child in Indian Tradition 222 Afterword 250 Bibliography 253 Index 265

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Contents
Revisiting The Inner World ix
Preface to the First Edition xix
I Introduction 1
Aims and Approach 1
Culture and Personality 9
Personal Word 13
II The Hindu World Image 18
The Theme of Fusion-Moksha 19
Life Task and Life Cycle--Dharma 41
Ideas of Time and Destiny 50
III Mothers and Infants 61
Psychosocial Matrix of Infancy: Feminine Identity
in India 65
The 'Good Mother' 91
The 'Bad Mother' 99
Infancy and Ego: Origins ofldentity in a
Patriarchal Culture 116
IV Families and Children 136
Psychosocial Matrix of Childhood: The Extended Family 136
The Second Birth 150
Ontogeny of Homo Hierarchicus 158
V Tracings: The Inner World in Culture and History 168
Cult and Myths of Krishna 168
Shiva and Narcissus 182
The Revolutionary Yogi: Childhood of
Swami Vivekananda 190
VI Conclusion: Childhood and Social Change 215
Appendix:The Child in Indian Tradition 222
Afterword 250
Bibliography 253
Index 265

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