{"product_id":"shamans-mystics-and-doctors-a-psychological-inquiry-into-india-and-its-healing-traditions-paperback","title":"Shamans, Mystics and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSudhir Kakar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst and scholar, brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With extraordinary sympathy, open-mindedness, and insight Sudhir Kakar has drawn from both his Eastern and Western backgrounds to show how the gulf that divides native healer from Western psychiatrist can be spanned.\"-Rosemary Dinnage, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Each chapter describes the geographical and cultural context within which the healers work, their unique approach to healing mental illness, and . . . the philosophical and religious underpinnings of their theories compared with psychoanalytical theory.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSudhir Kakar brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda.'Each chapter describes the geographical and culture context within which the healers work, their unique approach to healing mental illness, and. . . the philosophical and religious underpinnings of their theories compared with psychoanalytical theory.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.53 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039058366544,"sku":"9780226422794","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/ZHhhRWtDUHdJdDR0akRhZHJiNzFRdz09.webp?v=1771841276","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/shamans-mystics-and-doctors-a-psychological-inquiry-into-india-and-its-healing-traditions-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}