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Full Title

Psychoanalysis in Asia 1st Edition

Author(s)
Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780429917813, 9780367101398, 9781780490984, 9780429478819, 9780429932045, 9780429903588

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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.