Psychoanalysis in Colonial IndiaThis work looks at the early development of psychoanalysis in colonial India, from the point of view of Indian thinkers as well as from British analysts working in India. It shows how Indian thinkers challenged Freudian concepts by applying them to different social, familial, and cultural contexts. |
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... traditions . Yet such links could be made . For example , Ashis Nandy stated that the renowned Bengali physicist and plant physiologist Jagadish Chandra Bose , ' indianized ' his work by giving the laboratories attributes of a Hindu ...
... traditions . Yet such links could be made . For example , Ashis Nandy stated that the renowned Bengali physicist and plant physiologist Jagadish Chandra Bose , ' indianized ' his work by giving the laboratories attributes of a Hindu ...
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... traditions with one - sided conceptions of deity and rejected this theory on the basis of these considerations . He set out to convince the audience that psychoanalytic theory is incompatible with cultural forms based on radically ...
... traditions with one - sided conceptions of deity and rejected this theory on the basis of these considerations . He set out to convince the audience that psychoanalytic theory is incompatible with cultural forms based on radically ...
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... traditions and their inner world . They emphasized the importance of these traditions and attributed to them an eternal truth . These islands of identity were elevated and considered superior to the colonial culture , and could thus ...
... traditions and their inner world . They emphasized the importance of these traditions and attributed to them an eternal truth . These islands of identity were elevated and considered superior to the colonial culture , and could thus ...
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