Culture and Psyche: Selected Essays: Second Revised Edition

A new edition including three additional essays and a new introduction. Culture and Psyche is a collection of Sudhir Kakar's essays on cultural psychology, which analyses various facets of Indian identity and sexuality through sources as diverse as case studies, Indian myths and legends, and popular cinema. The second edition of this classic includes a new introduction and three additional essays which explore issues like riots, the psychology of Islamist terrorism, among others. It will appeal to scholars of social psychology, cultural studies, sociology, and general readers interested in psychology.