The Inner World: A Psycho-analytic Study of Childhood and Society in IndiaFeelings, impulses, wishes, and fantasties -- the dynamic content of the inner world -- occupy the deepest recesses of the psyche. It is through introspection and empathy, essential to psychotherapy, that the outside observer can grasp the meaning of the inner world of an individual. This thought-provoking book examines the network of social roles, traditional values, customs, and kinship rules with which the threads of Indian psychological development are interwoven. In doing so, it reveals important aspects of Indian society, myth, rituals, fables, and arts. It looks at Hindu infancy and childhood in order to show how these are shaped within a specific cultural context. |
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Aims and Approach | 1 |
Culture and Personality 8 2 400 | 8 |
THE HINDU WORLD IMAGE | 15 |
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adult ancient anxiety Ayurveda bad mother become behaviour Bhagavata Purana Bhakti birth boy's Brahma brother Calcutta caste child childhood chitta concept conflict conscious daughter death developmental devotion dharma Ego Psychology emotional Erikson erotic experience extended family fantasy father fear feelings female feminine Freud Ganesha girl goddess gods Hindu culture human husband Ibid ideal Indian identity Indian society Indian tradition individual individual's infant inner world intense intimacy jati Krishna legends linga lives Mahabharata male marriage masculine maternal means mental modern moksha motherhood mythology myths narcissistic Naren's nurturing oedipal one's organization parents Parvati penis personality phallus processes psyche psychic psycho-analytic psycho-social psychological Purana Raja Yoga Rama reality relationship religious rites ritual role samadhi samskaras sense sexual Shiva Sita Siva stage superego Swami Vivekananda symbolic theme thou tion Tulsidas unconscious upanayana village Vivekananda Western wife woman world image worship Yogas York