Sudhir Kakar on mysticism, psychoanalysis, and culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3006600 |
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| Authors | William B Parsons (0000-0001-9056-6726, Rice University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x251366687 |
| OpenAlex | W4413783808 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
This essay is designed to illumine Sudhir Kakar's contributions with regard to psychoanalytic theorizing about mysticism and culture. It proceeds in five interrelated parts: (1) presents a broad definitional and comparative context with respect to the academically contested term "mysticism"; (2) explores the initial entry of the psychoanalytic engagement with mysticism (i.e., Freud's famous analysis of the oceanic feeling); (3) describes the psychoanalytic models (classic, adaptive and transformational) of mysticism which developed out of and after Freud; (4) places Kakar within this development, unpacking his specific contributions, advances and debates with other reigning psychoanalysts; (5) discusses Kakar's contributions and indeed psychoanalysis as a whole relative to the wider, contemporary academic study of mysticism
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Feeling · Mysticism · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Theology · Transformational leadership · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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