Overview

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.

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Author:   Alf Gerlach ,  Maria Teresa Savio Hooke ,  Sverre Varvin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9780367101398

ISBN 10:   0367101394
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   14 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

Psychoanalysis has been showing its great potential for development since it was introduced to Asia. In China, it is amazing that psychoanalysis is so warmly welcomed and so fast developing. As the world starts to pay more and more attention to, and think of the development of, psychoanalysis in Asia, this book comes at just the right time. Psychoanalysis in Asia is a very thought-provoking book and it covers the viewpoints from Asia and Europe. It is a window through which we can see how the east and west are thinking of the encounter between western psychoanalysis and Asia. This book should be strongly recommended for anyone interested in the culture of Asia and the West. --Prof. Cai Zhuoji, Former President of Beijing An Ding Hospital and Chairman Psychoanalysis in Asia outlines the most stimulating challenge in recent international psychoanalytic history. First India and Japan, then China, Korea and Taiwan have joined our worldwide scientific, professional and institutional community; and we are expecting not only a strong development of the psychoanalytic activity in those countries, but also a new original and intercultural cross-fertilization from those countries towards psychoanalytic thinking. I feel sure psychoanalysis will influence Asia, and Asia will influence psychoanalysis. --Stefano Bolognini, President of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, President Elect Psychoanalysis in Asia is an impressive and groundbreaking book that collects viewpoints of twenty-four participant observers from China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Europe. Universal assumptions are relativized; issues of method and clinic, trust and shame, culture and language, are explored both personally and institutionally. This book is a must-read for all mental health professionals and for all readers interested in the developing dialogue between the peoples and cultures of Asia and the West. --Peter Loewenberg, Chair, International Psychoanalytical Association China Committee and Professor

Psychoanalysis in Asia is an impressive and groundbreaking book that collects viewpoints of twenty-four participant observers from China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Europe. Universal assumptions are relativized; issues of method and clinic, trust and shame, culture and language, are explored both personally and institutionally. This book is a must-read for all mental health professionals and for all readers interested in the developing dialogue between the peoples and cultures of Asia and the West. --Peter Loewenberg, Chair, International Psychoanalytical Association China Committee and Professor Psychoanalysis has been showing its great potential for development since it was introduced to Asia. In China, it is amazing that psychoanalysis is so warmly welcomed and so fast developing. As the world starts to pay more and more attention to, and think of the development of, psychoanalysis in Asia, this book comes at just the right time. Psychoanalysis in Asia is a very thought-provoking book and it covers the viewpoints from Asia and Europe. It is a window through which we can see how the east and west are thinking of the encounter between western psychoanalysis and Asia. This book should be strongly recommended for anyone interested in the culture of Asia and the West. --Prof. Cai Zhuoji, Former President of Beijing An Ding Hospital and Chairman Psychoanalysis in Asia outlines the most stimulating challenge in recent international psychoanalytic history. First India and Japan, then China, Korea and Taiwan have joined our worldwide scientific, professional and institutional community; and we are expecting not only a strong development of the psychoanalytic activity in those countries, but also a new original and intercultural cross-fertilization from those countries towards psychoanalytic thinking. I feel sure psychoanalysis will influence Asia, and Asia will influence psychoanalysis. --Stefano Bolognini, President of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, President Elect

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