Dinesh C Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 5377784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dinesh C Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dinesh C |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4731-3269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Death by Silence ( Totschweigen ) in Indian Psychoanalysis: Kakar, Masson, and Freud’s Abandonment of the Seduction Theory
In this paper, we examine the controversy surrounding Freudian theories, which the Indian psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar was aware of, namely, the abandonment of the seduction theory and the construction of the Oedipus Complex. Jeffrey Masson, the disillusioned psychoanalyst, who was in communication with Kakar in the 1980s, called Freud’s abandonment of seduction theory “the assault on truth”. Both Kakar and Masson also wrote about India but from di…
Sudhir Kakar (1938–2024)
Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He w…
Robert Alan LeVine (1932–2023)
Article memorializes Robert Alan LeVine (1932-2023). Robert Alan LeVine was a leading psychological anthropologist, who was instrumental in the rise of cultural psychology. LeVine taught at Northwestern University (1958-1960), the University of Chicago (1960-1976), and Harvard University (1976-1998), where he was Emeritus Professor of Education and Human Development. He wrote 15 books and published over 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapter…
Effects of in-person and telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapies on health services use and expenditures among African-American dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms
Objectives: To compare the effects of telephone-based and in-person cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on health services use and expenditures among African-American dementia caregivers (CGs) with depressive symptoms. Methods: We analyzed data collected from 109 caregivers in a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of telephone-based and in-person CBT on health services use and costs. Study participants were assigned randomly to eithe…
Indian IT outsourcing industry: Future threats and challenges
Transforming rural lives through decentralized green power
India has been pursuing non-conventional sources of energy for various applications for a long time now. Several technologies—solar heating, solar photovoltaic, biomass, wind—have been demonstrated over the years. Currently, renewable sources of energy make up for about 5% of grid electricity produced in the country. This is impressive growth compared to 2.7% that is contributed by nuclear energy despite huge investments made in that sector. Desp…
Technologies for the people: A future in the making
Infancy and Childhood in India: A Critical Review
The Discursive Voice of Psychoanalysis: A Case for Culturally Constituted Defenses
The cultural construction of defense mechanisms has been a central concern of psychoanalytic and psychological anthropologists. Billig (1998) offers a novel perspective orn this issue. The approach advanced in this article goes beyond Billig's discursive view by taking seriously the determinative influence of preoedipal phase and preverbal communication for the establishment and maintenance of repression or psychological defense and by locating p…
Psychoanalytic Anthropology
Transforming rural lives through decentralized green power
India has been pursuing non-conventional sources of energy for various applications for a long time now. Several technologies—solar heating, solar photovoltaic, biomass, wind—have been demonstrated over the years. Currently, renewable sources of energy make up for about 5% of grid electricity produced in the country. This is impressive growth compared to 2.7% that is contributed by nuclear energy despite huge investments made in that sector. Desp…
Technologies for the people: A future in the making
Psychoanalytic Anthropology
Indian IT outsourcing industry: Future threats and challenges
Psychoanalytic Anthropology
The Discursive Voice of Psychoanalysis: A Case for Culturally Constituted Defenses
The cultural construction of defense mechanisms has been a central concern of psychoanalytic and psychological anthropologists. Billig (1998) offers a novel perspective orn this issue. The approach advanced in this article goes beyond Billig's discursive view by taking seriously the determinative influence of preoedipal phase and preverbal communication for the establishment and maintenance of repression or psychological defense and by locating p…
Infancy and Childhood in India: A Critical Review
Technologies for the people: A future in the making
Transforming rural lives through decentralized green power
India has been pursuing non-conventional sources of energy for various applications for a long time now. Several technologies—solar heating, solar photovoltaic, biomass, wind—have been demonstrated over the years. Currently, renewable sources of energy make up for about 5% of grid electricity produced in the country. This is impressive growth compared to 2.7% that is contributed by nuclear energy despite huge investments made in that sector. Desp…
Indian IT outsourcing industry: Future threats and challenges
Effects of in-person and telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapies on health services use and expenditures among African-American dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms
Objectives: To compare the effects of telephone-based and in-person cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on health services use and expenditures among African-American dementia caregivers (CGs) with depressive symptoms. Methods: We analyzed data collected from 109 caregivers in a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of telephone-based and in-person CBT on health services use and costs. Study participants were assigned randomly to eithe…
Robert Alan LeVine (1932–2023)
Article memorializes Robert Alan LeVine (1932-2023). Robert Alan LeVine was a leading psychological anthropologist, who was instrumental in the rise of cultural psychology. LeVine taught at Northwestern University (1958-1960), the University of Chicago (1960-1976), and Harvard University (1976-1998), where he was Emeritus Professor of Education and Human Development. He wrote 15 books and published over 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapter…
Sudhir Kakar (1938–2024)
Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He w…
Death by Silence ( Totschweigen ) in Indian Psychoanalysis: Kakar, Masson, and Freud’s Abandonment of the Seduction Theory
In this paper, we examine the controversy surrounding Freudian theories, which the Indian psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar was aware of, namely, the abandonment of the seduction theory and the construction of the Oedipus Complex. Jeffrey Masson, the disillusioned psychoanalyst, who was in communication with Kakar in the 1980s, called Freud’s abandonment of seduction theory “the assault on truth”. Both Kakar and Masson also wrote about India but from di…
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