Freud Along the Ganges

Psychoanalytic Reflections on the People and Culture of India

By: Salman Akhtar

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A collection of new and previously-published essays that sheds light on the intersections between psychoanalysis and Indic Studies.

While Indian academics and clinicians have been familiar with psychoanalysis for many decades, they have kept this Western model of the mind separate from the spiritual and philosophical traditions of their own country. Freud Along the Ganges bridges this important lacuna in psychoanalytic and Indic studies by creating a new theoretical field where human motives are approached not only psychoanalytically but also from the perspective of the teachings of Buddha, Tagore, Ghandi, and Salman Rushdie. The authors of this collection show how the insights of these Indian masters give a new force to the Freudian discovery by providing a basis to better understand the social and psychological Indian makeup.

The book begins by questioning the applicability of the psychoanalytic method to non-Western cultures. It then traces the history of the psychoanalytic movement in India from its onset while it emphasizes the intricate overlap between Indian existential and mystical traditions and psychoanalysis. Freud Along the Ganges offers a unique study of the ways that Indian thought and psychoanalysis illuminate and enrich each other.

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Acknowledgments	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Prologue
Psychoanalysis in India	p. 3
Mind
The Development of Gandhi's Self	p. 29
Rabindranath Tagore and Freudian Thought	p. 53
Multiple Mothering and the Familial Self	p. 79
Hindu-Muslim Relations in India: Past, Present, and Future	p. 91
Bollywood and the Indian Unconscious	p. 139
Body
The Cloistered Passion of Radha and Krishna	p. 177
Sita-Shakti @ Cultural Collision: Issues in the Psychotherapy of Diaspora Indian Women	p. 205
Psychic Bisexuality, Male Homosexuality, Plural Oedipus Complex, and Hinduism	p. 235
Spirit
Manifestations of God in India: A Transference Pantheon	p. 271
Psychoanalytic Process in a Sacred Hindu Text: The Bhagavad Gita	p. 309
Psychoanalytic and Buddhist History and Theory	p. 335
Advaita Vedanta, Psychoanalysis, and the Self	p. 359
Epilogue
The Ganges River: Metaphor and Mythopoeisis	p. 397
Index	p. 425
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