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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|69 pages
Conceptual Backdrop
part II|78 pages
China
chapter FOUR|14 pages
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the Chinese context: developments and challenges
part III|45 pages
Japan
chapter ELEVEN|11 pages
Issues of psychoanalysis in the twenty-first century: from some experiences in Japan
part IV|27 pages
Korea
part V|24 pages
Taiwan
chapter FIFTEEN|12 pages
The Formosa Model: an emerging tradition of developing psychoanalysis in Taiwan
chapter SIXTEEN|10 pages
Shame and losing face in Taiwanese culture: a clinical and cultural perspective
part VI|31 pages
India
chapter EIGHTEEN|13 pages
The universal truth of myths reflected in psychoanalytic theory and practice
part VII|20 pages
Concluding Overviews