Indians Portrait of a People

Name: Indians Portrait of a People
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ISBN: 9780143066637

ISBN-10: 0143066633

ISBN-13: 9780143066637

Edition: N/A

Authors: Katharina Kakar, Katharina Kakar

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In this bold, illuminating and superbly readable study, India's foremost psychoanalyst and cultural commentator Sudhir Kakar and anthropologist Katharina Kakar investigate the nature of 'Indian-ness'. What makes an Indian recognizably so to the rest of the world, and, more importantly, to his or her fellow Indians? For, as the authors point out, despite ethnic differences that are characteristic more of past empires than modern nation states, there is an underlying unity in the great diversity of India that needs to be recognized. Looking at what constitutes a common Indian identity, the authors examine in detail the predominance of family, community and caste in our everyday lives, our…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Penguin Books India PVT, Limited
Publication date: 1/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English