ABSTRACT

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.

part I|69 pages

Conceptual Backdrop

part IV|27 pages

Korea

chapter THIRTEEN|12 pages

Korean culture and psychoanalysis

chapter FOURTEEN|13 pages

Feeling and thinking in English on the couch*

part VII|20 pages

Concluding Overviews