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Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1999. 482 pp., 1999
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- Title
- Vishnu on Freud's Desk. A Reader in Psychoanalysis and Hinduism.
- Author
- Vaidyanathan, T.G. and Jeffrey J. Kripal (edited by)
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1999. 482 pp.
- Publication year
- 1999
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195645715
- ISBN 13
- 9780195645712
In 1931, Freud wrote a letter of thanks for an ivory statuette of Vishnu: "I gave it a place of honour on my desk...". The statuette was a gift from G. Bose, father of psychoanalysis in India. This text brings together the best examples of psychoanalytic engagement with Hindu cultural and social phenomena. Using psychoanalytical tools to examine the alien other throws up interesting questions both about the cultural context of the discipline itself and its relationship with Hinduism. This book is intended for postgraduate students, teachers, and researchers in psychoanalysis and Hinduism.
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