Sudhir Kakar, a cultural psychoanalysis: synergies, differences and creativity
摘要
Sudhir Kakar's body of work arises at the intersection between psychoanalysis andanthropology. This essay explores the affinities that Kakar's work has withthe psychologically minded anthropologist Ernesto De Martino, in particular thecapacity to take into account individuals who live in cultural contexts where beliefs inmagic and religion coexist with modernity. Tracing Kakar's intellectual affinity with DeMartino, Geza Roheim, Francesco Remotti and George Deveraux the essay clarifiesSudhir's Kakar's position in the landscape of anthropological psychoanalysis.