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Looks at the interplay between spirit and psyche and the moments of creativity and transformation that occur when the spirit overcomes desire and narcissism. This book examines this relationship in religious rituals and healing traditions - both Eastern and Western - as well as in the lives of some extraordinary men.

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"Kakar, a great intellectual, psychoanalyst, and anthropologist, is one of the principal figures in contemporary Indian thought." - Le Monde "An elegant stylist." - New York Times "In the history of India's cultural awakening in the twentieth century... some books will stand out as seminal. Among these Sudhir Kakar's will certainly find a place." - Indian Book Chronicle"

Mad and Divine Spirit and Psyche in the Modern

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226422879, 978-0226422879
      ISBN10: 0226422879
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      Religion and beliefs Spirituality and religious experience

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Looks at the interplay between spirit and psyche and the moments of creativity and transformation that occur when the spirit overcomes desire and narcissism. This book examines this relationship in religious rituals and healing traditions - both Eastern and Western - as well as in the lives of some extraordinary men.

      Trade Review
      "Kakar, a great intellectual, psychoanalyst, and anthropologist, is one of the principal figures in contemporary Indian thought." - Le Monde "An elegant stylist." - New York Times "In the history of India's cultural awakening in the twentieth century... some books will stand out as seminal. Among these Sudhir Kakar's will certainly find a place." - Indian Book Chronicle"

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