{"product_id":"the-indian-jungle-psychoanalysis-and-non-western-civilizations-9781915565204","title":"The Indian Jungle: Psychoanalysis and Non-Western Civilizations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sudhir Kakar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Karnac Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Karnac Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychotherapy - Group\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century, the cultural imagination of\u003cbr\u003epsychoanalysis has been assumed and largely continues to be\u003cbr\u003eassumed as Western. Fundamental ideas about human\u003cbr\u003erelationships, family, marriage, and gender often remain\u003cbr\u003eunexamined and pervade the analytic space as if they are\u003cbr\u003euniversally valid. In the intellectual climate of our times, with the\u003cbr\u003erise of relativism in the human sciences and politically with the\u003cbr\u003eadvent of decolonization, the cultural and historical transcendence\u003cbr\u003eof psychoanalytic thought can no longer be taken for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsights from clinical work embedded in the cultural imaginations\u003cbr\u003eof non-Western civilizations could help psychoanalysis rethink\u003cbr\u003esome of its theories of the human psyche, extending these to\u003cbr\u003ecover a fuller range of human experience. These cultural\u003cbr\u003eimaginations are an invaluable resource for the move away from a\u003cbr\u003euniversal psychoanalysis to a more global one that remains aware\u003cbr\u003eof but is not limited by its origins in the modern West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book of\u003cbr\u003eessays aims to be a step in that journey, of altering the self-perception\u003cbr\u003eof psychoanalysis from 'one size fits all' into a more\u003cbr\u003enuanced enterprise that reflects and is enriched by cultural\u003cbr\u003eparticularities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karnac Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888262693015,"sku":"9781915565204","price":2071.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781915565204.webp?v=1781164653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-indian-jungle-psychoanalysis-and-non-western-civilizations-9781915565204","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}