Sudhir Kakar is a psychoanalyst and writer who lives in Goa, India. Sudhir Kakar”s seventeen books of non-fiction and five of fiction include “Inner World”, “Culture and Psyche”, “Shamans”, “Mystics and Doctors”, “The Analyst and the Mystic”, “The Colors of Violence” as also the novels “The Ascetic of Desire”, “Ecstacy”. and “Mira and the Mahatma”. His books have been translated into twenty languages around the world.
28 Ebooks by Sudhir Kakar
Anup Dhar & Manasi Kumar: Psychoanalysis from the Indian Terroir
In Psychoanalysis from the Indian Terroir, Manasi Kumar, Anup Dhar, and Anurag Mishra discuss the synergies and diachronic thought that is emblematic of the current psychoanalytic narrative in India …
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Sudhir Kakar: The Seeker
It is 1925 and India’s struggle for independence is in disarray, impeded by factionalism among its leaders and rising incidents of unrest across the country. Meanwhile, having withdrawn himself fro …
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Sudhir Kakar: The Crimson Throne
Tells tales of India during the Mughal era, viewed from the contrasting mindsets of European aides to the two leading princes, Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb. Niccalao Manucci and Francois Bernier offer …
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Sudhir Kakar: Ecstasy
The story of a young Brahmin growth into a guru–traveling with him from the time of his youth, through life in a monastery and up to becoming a mentor to another young boy. …
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Sudhir Kakar: Die Seele der Anderen
Der große Psychoanalytiker Sudhir Kakar legt in diesem Band sein eigenes Leben ‘auf die Couch’. Die tiefen und bleibenden Eindrücke, die das Leben in eine andere Bahn bringen, die Konflikte in der Fa …
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€19.99
Sudhir Kakar: Kultur und Psyche
Der bekannte indische Psychoanalytiker Sudhir Kakar zeigt, dass die Rolle der Kultur in der Ausbildung der Psyche ebenso grundlegend in der menschlichen Entwicklung ist wie früheste körperliche …
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€15.99
Günter Blamberger & Sudhir Kakar: Imaginations of Death and the Beyond in India and Europe
This volume explores current images of afterlife/afterdeath and the presence of the dead in the imaginations of the living in Indian and European traditions. Specifically, it focuses on the deepest …
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€96.29
Mallanaga Vatsyayana: Kamasutra
‘When the wheel of sexual ecstasy is in full motion, there is no textbook at all, and no order.’The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. It is about the art of living – about …
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Mallanaga Vatsyayana: Kamasutra
‘When the wheel of sexual ecstasy is in full motion, there is no textbook at all, and no order.’The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. It is about the art of living – about …
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€9.39
Sudhir Kakar: Culture and Psyche
In these essays renowned psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar uses diverse sources, including case studies, Indian myths and legends, and fiction, to analyse various facets of Indian identity. He explores the …
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€8.31
Sudhir Kakar: Indian Identity
As A Commentator On The Worlds Of Love And Hate , India S Foremost Psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar Has Isolated The Ambivalence, Peculiarly Indian, To Matters As Various And Connected As Sex, Spirituality …
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Sudhir Kakar: Analyst and the Mystic
The Centrepiece Of The Analyst And The Mystic Is The Absorbing Story Of The Nineteenth-Century Bengali Mystic And Hindu Saint Sri Ramakrishna. Using Ramakrishna S Life As A Case Study, Sudhir Kakar …
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Sudhir Kakar: On Dreams and Dreaming
Mapping the uncharted territory at the edges of psychological knowledge, these fascinating essays explore compelling aspects of dreams and dreaming. They discuss topics as diverse as memorable …
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€16.23
Sudhir Kakar: Seriously Strange
Despite being sullied by frauds and dismissed by sceptics, the paranormal has exerted a strange fascination over humankind for centuries. In Seriously strange, a group of nine intellectuals come …
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Sudhir Kakar: Colours of Violence
For decades India has been intermittently tormented by brutal outbursts of religious violence, thrusting thousands of ordinary Hindus and Muslims into bloody conflict. In this provocative work, …
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€11.22
Sudhir Kakar: Intimate Relations
Plumbing the hearts of women and men in India and exploring the relations they engage in, Sudhir Kakar gives us the first full-length study of Indian sexuality. His groundbreaking work explores …
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Sudhir Kakar: Young Tagore
A seamless blend of intelligent analysis with real empathy, Young Tagore is a firstofitskind psychobiography that deepens our understanding of Rabindranath Tagore. By carefully reconstructing the …
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Sudhir Kakar: Indians
In this bold, illuminating and superbly readable study, India s foremost psychoanalyst and cultural commentator Sudhir Kakar and anthropologist Katharina Kakar investigate the nature of Indian-ness . …
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€11.20
Sudhir Kakar: Death and Dying
Billions have died in the thousands of years since human beings first developed language, but we do not have a single credible account of the subjective experience of dying and the afterlife. This is …
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€17.54
Sudhir Kakar: Book of Memory
An inspired observer of the Indian psyche, Sudhir Kakar trained as a psychoanalyst at the Sigmund Freud Institute, Frankfurt. He set up a clinic in Delhi in 1975, thus embarking on a lifelong search …
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G nter Blamberger & Sudhir Kakar: On Creativity
The concept of genius has been a subject of much speculation and debate since the eighteenth century. However, in a world obsessed with creative genius and the possibilities of the human imagination, …
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€14.96
Sudhir Kakar: Devil Take Love
Under the shadow of imminent death, a great poet reflects on the journey of his life and the choices that have led him to this fateful moment. And so begins the story of Bhartrihari, the greatest …
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Kakar Sudhir Kakar: Ecstasy
Ram Das Baba, as his devotees call him, is the son of a devout Brahmin family. He spends a lifetime seeking spiritual knowledge and his journey is filled with illuminating visions, severe …
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€20.04
Sudhir Kakar: Kipling File
In the cultural hub of 1880s’ Lahore Kay Robinson has taken over as editor of the Civil and Military Gazette. Assisting him is the young and impressionable Rudyard Kipling, a lonely, impulsive man …
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€21.18
Sudhir Kakar & Katharina Kakar: La India
En este sólido, iluminador y ameno estudio, los autores investigan la naturaleza de la ‘indianidad’, porque más allá de las diferencias étnicas o sociales existe una unidad subyacente en la gran …
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€5.99
Sudhir Kakar: Indian Love Stories
Of the many enduring fascinations of the love story, a vehicle for the vicarious satisfaction of our hidden desires and obscure longings, is the pleasure we take in its subversion of the conventions …
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Sudhir Kakar: Crimson Throne
Three decades into Emperor Shah Jahan s reign, while the monarch indulges in the pleasures of the flesh to divert himself from the travails of his ageing body, the country is bracing itself for the …
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