Psychoanalysis in Asia : China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan / edited by Alf Gerlach, Maria Teresa Savio Hooke and Sverre Varvin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerlach, Alf.

Hooke, Maria Teresa Savio.

Varvin, Sverre.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Psychoanalysis--Asia.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world is looking East. Whilst in the West psychoanalysis is fighting to maintain its position among the other therapies in a society which has less time for introspection and self-reflective thought, in Asia a new frontier is opening up: we are witnessing a surge of interest for psychoanalysis among the mental health professionals and among the younger generations, interest which is articulated and nuanced differently in the different Asian countries. In Asia and particularly in India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China, the development of psychoanalysis reflects separate socio-political historical contexts, each with a rich cultural texture and fuelled by the interest of a new generation of mental health professionals for psychoanalysis as a therapeutic method.

Contents:

""COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION Why a book on psychoanalysis in Asia?""; ""PART I CONCEPTUAL BACKDROP""; ""CHAPTER ONE Psychoanalysis and culture""; ""CHAPTER TWO Psychoanalysis and culture: Freud,Erikson, and beyond""; ""CHAPTER THREE The stranger and the strange: psychoanalytic reflections on meeting otherness""; ""PART II CHINA""; ""CHAPTER FOUR Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the Chinese context: developments and challenges""; ""CHAPTER FIVE Psychoanalysis on the China Road: sense of trust in doubt""

""CHAPTER SIX Slow psychoanalysis is helpful for fast developing China""""CHAPTER SEVEN Havoc comes from the mouth�working as a psychoanalyst in China""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Working with Chinese patients: are there conflicts between Chinese culture and psychoanalysis?""; ""CHAPTER NINE Objectifying and de-objectifying the dead: the use of images in Chinese ancestor worship""; ""PART III JAPAN""; ""CHAPTER TEN Psychoanalysis in a “shame culture�: a drama-based viewpoint""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN Issues of psychoanalysis in the twenty-first century: from some experiences in Japan""

""CHAPTER TWELVE The complications of the perpetrator-victim relationship for Japanese children during World War Two: what can psychoanalysis contribute toward conciliation between China and Japan?""""PART IV KOREA""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN Korean culture and psychoanalysis""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN Feeling and thinking in English on the couch""; ""PART V TAIWAN""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Formosa Model: an emerging tradition of developing psychoanalysis in Taiwan""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN Shame and losing face in Taiwanese culture: a clinical and cultural perspective""; ""PART VI INDIA""

""CHAPTER SEVENTEEN A personal journey into culture and psychoanalysis""""CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The universal truth of myths reflected in psychoanalytic theory and practice""; ""PART VII CONCLUDING OVERVIEWS""; ""CHAPTER NINETEEN The diffusion of psychoanalysis in China: otherness and transformations""; ""CHAPTER TWENTY Coming together in Beijing""; ""EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS/BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-429-91781-3

0-429-90358-8

0-367-10139-4

0-429-47881-X

1-78241-086-4

9780429478819

OCLC:

851157285