| Title | inner world
a psycho-analytic study of childhood and society in India. |
|---|---|
| Author | Sudhir Kakar |
| Publication | Oxford Univ. Pr. |
| Size | 241p |
| Language | ENG |
| ISBN | 0195615085 |
| Topics |
Personality and culture--India Child psychology--India Psychoanalysis and culture--India Hinduism--Psychology Hinduism Child psychology Personality and culture Psychoanalysis and culture |
| Notes | Publisher description for The inner world : a psycho-analytic study of childhood and society in India / Sudhir Kakar.This wide-ranging and well-researched study explores the developmental significance of Hindu infancy and childhood and its influence on identity formation. Drawing on a wide range of anthropological evidence, clinical data, mythology, and folklore, Kakar elucidates Hindu family life and collective fantasy. |