The crescent and the couch : cross-currents between Islam and psychoanalysis / edited by Salman Akhtar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects--Islam.

Psychotherapy.

Islam--Psychology.

Islam.

Physical Description:

xix, 414 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, [2008]

Summary:

Attempting to advance knowledge about Islam and to create the possibility of a dialogue between Islam and psychoanalysis, The Crescent and the Couch brings together a distinguished panel of Muslim and non-Muslim contributors from the fields of history, religion, anthropology, politics, and psychoanalysis. Together these authors highlight the world-changing contributions of prominent Muslim figures and elucidate the encounter of Islam with Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. Moving on to matters of family, individual personality formation, human sexuality, and religious identity, they also address clinical issues that arise in the treatment of Muslim patients as well as the technical work of Muslim psychoanalysts.

The book thus becomes a literary ambassador of sorts, bridging the conceptual gap between psychoanalytic theory on the one hand and Islamic conceptualizations of life on the other. This book is a work of synthesis at its best and, since bringing diverse things together is a task of life instinct, it can be seen as a robust celebration of life in today's rapidly evolving world.

Contents:

Prologue. Basic history and tenets of Islam : a brief introduction / Hamada Hamid

The Prophet Mohammed : man, fountainhead, and leader / George Awad

Characters. Rapture and poetry : Rumi / M. Hossein Etezady

Vision and modernization : Atatürk / Vamik D. Volkan and Normal Itzkowitz

Destiny and nationalism : Mohammad Ali Jinnah / Salman Akhtar and Manasi Kumar

Ideology and aggression : Osama bin Laden / Peter Olson

Culture. Islam and family structure / Samar A. Jasser

Islam, sex, and woman / Shahrzad Siassi and Guilan Siassi

Sufi perspective on human suffering and its relief / Mohammed Shafi

Religious identity formation in the children of immigrant Muslim parents / Mali A. Mann

Confluence. Christian-Muslim relations : the axis of Balkans and the West / M. Sagman Kayatekin

Jewish-Muslim relations : Middle East / Joseph V. Montville

Hindu-Muslim relations : India / Salman Akhtar

Creativity. Some reflections on Arab cinema / Iman Roushdy-Hamady

Oedipus of Egypt : a twentieth-century rendition of Majnun-Layla / Ruqayya Yasmine Khan

Cultural nationalism and Indo-Muslim art / Manail Anis Ahmed

Epilogue. Muslims in the psychoanalytic World / Salman Akhtar

Whose side are you on? Muslim psychoanalysts treating non-Muslim patients / Aisha Abbasi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.

ISBN:

9780765705747

0765705745

OCLC:

168722012