1st Edition
Psychoanalysis in Asia
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Foreword , INTRODUCTION , Conceptual Backdrop , Psychoanalysis and culture , Psychoanalysis and culture: Freud, Erikson, and beyond , The stranger and the strange: psychoanalytic reflections on meeting otherness , China , Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the Chinese context: developments and challenges , Psychoanalysis on the China Road*: sense of trust in doubt , Slow psychoanalysis is helpful for fast developing China , Havoc comes from the mouth—working as a psychoanalyst in China , Working with Chinese patients: are there conflicts between Chinese culture and psychoanalysis? , Objectifying and de-objectifying the dead: the use of images in Chinese ancestor worship , Japan , Psychoanalysis in a “shame culture”: a drama-based viewpoint , Issues of psychoanalysis in the twenty-first century: from some experiences in Japan , The complications of the perpetrator-victim relationship for Japanese children during World War Two: what can psychoanalysis contribute toward conciliation between China and Japan? , Korea , Korean culture and psychoanalysis , Feeling and thinking in English on the couch , Taiwan , The Formosa Model: an emerging tradition of developing psychoanalysis in Taiwan , Shame and losing face in Taiwanese culture: a clinical and cultural perspective , India , A personal journey into culture and psychoanalysis , The universal truth of myths reflected in psychoanalytic theory and practice , Concluding Overviews , The diffusion of psychoanalysis in China: otherness and transformations , Coming together in Beijing
Biography
Alf Gerlach
