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	Kakar spent his early childhood near [[Sargodha]], now in Pakistan{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} and also in [[Rohtak]], where his father was an additional district magistrate during the [[British Raj]] and during the [[partition of India]], and the family moved quite a bit from city to city.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}}<ref>Kakar, Sudhir. "Colors of Violence." Chapter 2, p25.</ref> At age eight he was enrolled as a [[Boarding school\|boarder]] in [[Modern School, New Delhi]];{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} he would later write about homosexual encounters in the school dormitories.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} He next attended [[St. Edward's School, Shimla]].{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} He began his Intermediate Studies at Maharaja's College, Jaipur in 1953 after which his family sent him to [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, where Kakar lived with his aunt, Kamla Chowdhury, and attended engineering college.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} After his B.E. degree in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from [[Gujarat University]] 1958, Kakar obtained a master's equivalent in business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) at the [[University of Mannheim]] (1960–64), and a [[Doctor (title)\|Doctor's degree]] in Economics at the [[University of Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.sudhirkakar.com/sudhir1.htm \|title = Sudhir Kakar}}</ref> He began his training in psychoanalysis at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt\|University of Frankfurt]]'s Sigmund-Freud Institute in 1971.		Kakar spent his early childhood near [[Sargodha]], now in Pakistan{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} and also in [[Rohtak]], where his father was an additional district magistrate during the [[British Raj]] and during the [[partition of India]], and the family moved quite a bit from city to city.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}}<ref>Kakar, Sudhir. "Colors of Violence." Chapter 2, p25.</ref> At age eight he was enrolled as a [[Boarding school\|boarder]] in [[Modern School, New Delhi]];{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} he would later write about homosexual encounters in the school dormitories.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} He next attended [[St. Edward's School, Shimla]].{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} He began his Intermediate Studies at Maharaja's College, Jaipur in 1953 after which his family sent him to [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, where Kakar lived with his aunt, Kamla Chowdhury, and attended engineering college.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} After his B.E. degree in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from [[Gujarat University]] 1958, Kakar obtained a master's equivalent in business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) at the [[University of Mannheim]] (1960–64), and a [[Doctor (title)\|Doctor's degree]] in Economics at the [[University of Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.sudhirkakar.com/sudhir1.htm \|title = Sudhir Kakar}}</ref> He began his training in psychoanalysis at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt\|University of Frankfurt]]'s Sigmund-Freud Institute in 1971.

	In 1975, Sudhir Kakar moved to Delhi with his aunt, Kamla.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} Kakar now resides in Goa and is married to Katharina, a writer and a scholar of comparative religions.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Moving to Goa\|author=Katarina Kakar\|publisher=Viking\|date=2013}}</ref>		In 1975, Sudhir Kakar moved to Delhi with his aunt, Kamla.{{Sfn\|Singh\|2011}} Kakar now resides in Goa and is married to Katharina, a writer and a scholar of comparative religions.<ref name="Katarina Kakar 2013">{{cite book\|title=Moving to Goa\|author=Katarina Kakar\|publisher=Viking\|date=2013}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	After returning to India in 1975, Sudhir Kakar set up a practice as a psychoanalyst in Delhi where he was also the Head of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology. He has been 40th Anniversary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Study of World Religions at Harvard (2001–02), a visiting professor at the universities of Chicago (1989–93), McGill (1976–77), Melbourne (1981), Hawaii (1998) and Vienna (1974–75), INSEAD, France (1994-2013). He has been a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study), Berlin, Centre for Advanced Study of Humanities, University of Cologne.		After returning to India in 1975, Sudhir Kakar set up a practice as a psychoanalyst in Delhi where he was also the Head of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology. He has been 40th Anniversary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Study of World Religions at Harvard (2001–02), a visiting professor at the universities of Chicago (1989–93), McGill (1976–77), Melbourne (1981), Hawaii (1998) and Vienna (1974–75), INSEAD, France (1994-2013). He has been a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study), Berlin, Centre for Advanced Study of Humanities, University of Cologne.

	Kakar was in private psychoanalytic practice in New Delhi for 25 years before moving to his current place of residence in [[Goa]], India.<ref~~>{{cite book\|title=Moving to Goa\|author~~=Katarina Kakar~~\|publisher=Viking\|date=~~2013~~}}<~~/~~ref~~> He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goa University.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Directorate of Visiting Research Professors Programme (DVRPP)\|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/academics/a/continuing-education-programmes/directorate-of-visiting-research-professors-programme-dvrpp.html}}</ref>		Kakar was in private psychoanalytic practice in New Delhi for 25 years before moving to his current place of residence in [[Goa]], India.<ref name="Katarina Kakar 2013"/> He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goa University.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Directorate of Visiting Research Professors Programme (DVRPP)\|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/academics/a/continuing-education-programmes/directorate-of-visiting-research-professors-programme-dvrpp.html}}</ref>
	He created controversy in a symposium regarding the Death Penalty for Child Rape in 2018 by advocating leniency towards perpetrators of child rape, emphasizing protection of the family reputation and the family bond over the child's safety.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Interview with Sudhir Kakar\|url=https://www.india-seminar.com/2018/711/711_interview_s_kakar.htm}}</ref>		He created controversy in a symposium regarding the Death Penalty for Child Rape in 2018 by advocating leniency towards perpetrators of child rape, emphasizing protection of the family reputation and the family bond over the child's safety.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Interview with Sudhir Kakar\|url=https://www.india-seminar.com/2018/711/711_interview_s_kakar.htm}}</ref>

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	At a personal level, Kakar feels that spirituality for him consists of moments of profound connection with a person, nature, art, music, and for those who believe in God, with the Divine.		At a personal level, Kakar feels that spirituality for him consists of moments of profound connection with a person, nature, art, music, and for those who believe in God, with the Divine.
	His spiritual beliefs have been influenced by a combination of a rationalistic, agonistic father and a religious, ritualistic mother.<ref>{{cite book\|chapter=Culture and Psychoanalysis: A Personal Journey\|title=Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 50, No. 2. \|year=2006\|pages=~~25-44~~\|author=Sudhir Kumar\|URL=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23182008?seq=1\|publisher=Berghahn Books}}</ref>		His spiritual beliefs have been influenced by a combination of a rationalistic, agonistic father and a religious, ritualistic mother.<ref>{{cite book\|chapter=Culture and Psychoanalysis: A Personal Journey\|title=Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 50, No. 2. \|year=2006\|pages=25–44\|author=Sudhir Kumar\|URL=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23182008?seq=1\|publisher=Berghahn Books}}</ref>

	==Awards and honors==		==Awards and honors==

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'''Sudhir Kakar''' (born 25 July 1938<ref>"A book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections" Sudhir Kakar, Viking Press</ref>) is an Indian psychoanalyst,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Otta |first1=Arvind |title=Psychologs Magazine |url=https://psychologs.com/article/an-exclusive-interview-with-dr-sudhir-kakar |website=Psychologs Magazine |publisher=Utsaah}}</ref> novelist and author in the fields of [[cultural psychology]] and the [[psychology of religion]].

==Education and personal life==
Kakar spent his early childhood near [[Sargodha]], now in Pakistan{{Sfn|Singh|2011}} and also in [[Rohtak]], where his father was an additional district magistrate during the [[British Raj]] and during the [[partition of India]], and the family moved quite a bit from city to city.{{Sfn|Singh|2011}}<ref>Kakar, Sudhir. "Colors of Violence." Chapter 2, p25.</ref> At age eight he was enrolled as a [[Boarding school|boarder]] in [[Modern School, New Delhi]];{{Sfn|Singh|2011}} he would later write about homosexual encounters in the school dormitories.{{Sfn|Singh|2011}} He next attended [[St. Edward's School, Shimla]].{{Sfn|Singh|2011}} He began his Intermediate Studies at Maharaja's College, Jaipur in 1953 after which his family sent him to [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, where Kakar lived with his aunt, Kamla Chowdhury, and attended engineering college.{{Sfn|Singh|2011}} After his B.E. degree in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from [[Gujarat University]] 1958, Kakar obtained a master's equivalent in business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) at the [[University of Mannheim]] (1960–64), and a [[Doctor (title)|Doctor's degree]] in Economics at the [[University of Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sudhirkakar.com/sudhir1.htm |title = Sudhir Kakar}}</ref> He began his training in psychoanalysis at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt|University of Frankfurt]]'s Sigmund-Freud Institute in 1971.

In 1975, Sudhir Kakar moved to Delhi with his aunt, Kamla.{{Sfn|Singh|2011}} Kakar now resides in Goa and is married to Katharina, a writer and a scholar of comparative religions.<ref>{{cite book|title=Moving to Goa|author=Katarina Kakar|publisher=Viking|date=2013}}</ref>

==Career==

After returning to India in 1975, Sudhir Kakar set up a practice as a psychoanalyst in Delhi where he was also the Head of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology. He has been 40th Anniversary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Study of World Religions at Harvard (2001–02), a visiting professor at the universities of Chicago (1989–93), McGill (1976–77), Melbourne (1981), Hawaii (1998) and Vienna (1974–75), INSEAD, France (1994-2013). He has been a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study), Berlin, Centre for Advanced Study of Humanities, University of Cologne.

Kakar was in private psychoanalytic practice in New Delhi for 25 years before moving to his current place of residence in [[Goa]], India.<ref>{{cite book|title=Moving to Goa|author=Katarina Kakar|publisher=Viking|date=2013}}</ref> He is currently a Visiting Professor at Goa University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directorate of Visiting Research Professors Programme (DVRPP)|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/academics/a/continuing-education-programmes/directorate-of-visiting-research-professors-programme-dvrpp.html}}</ref>
He created controversy in a symposium regarding the Death Penalty for Child Rape in 2018 by advocating leniency towards perpetrators of child rape, emphasizing protection of the family reputation and the family bond over the child's safety.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Sudhir Kakar|url=https://www.india-seminar.com/2018/711/711_interview_s_kakar.htm}}</ref>

==Psychoanalysis and mysticism==
A portion of Sudhir Kakar's work involves the relationship between [[psychoanalysis]] and [[mysticism]]. His analyses of personages include that of [[Swami Vivekananda]] in ''The Inner World'' (1978), [[Mohandas Gandhi]] in ''Intimate Relations'' (1989), and [[Ramakrishna]] in ''The Analyst and the Mystic'' (1991).<ref name="alan-roland">{{Cite book|last=Roland|first=Alan|year=2009|chapter=Mysticism and Psychoanalysis|title=Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]|location=US|doi=10.1007/978-0-387-71802-6_449|pages=594–596|isbn=978-0-387-71801-9}}</ref><ref>In The Indian Psyche, 125–188. 1996 New Delhi: Viking by Penguin. Reprint of 1991 book.</ref>

Kakar’s novel ''Ecstasy'' (2003) was "written exclusively for the senses of the skeptic and the mind of the mystic" and "is the beginning of a journey through the soulscape of spiritual India".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-sudhir-kakars-ecstasy-a-novel/1/232533.html |title=Agony of the ascetic |publisher=Living Media India Limited |date=9 April 2001 |access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref> The story is set in [[Rajasthan]] of 1940s or 1960s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/19inter.htm |title=The Rediff Interview/Psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar |date=2001 |access-date=1 April 2008}}</ref>

Psychoanalyst [[Alan Roland]] (2009) writes that when Kakar applies his psychoanalytic understanding to these "three spiritual figures [Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi, Ramakrishna]", his analyses are as "fully [[reductionistic]] as those of [[Jeffrey Masson]]". Roland also disputes the Kakar's theoretical understanding of mysticism from a psychoanalytic standpoint, and writes that it is "highly questionable whether spiritual aspirations, practices, and experiences essentially involve [[Past life regression|regression]]."<ref name="alan-roland"/>

At a personal level, Kakar feels that spirituality for him consists of moments of profound connection with a person, nature, art, music, and for those who believe in God, with the Divine.
His spiritual beliefs have been influenced by a combination of a rationalistic, agonistic father and a religious, ritualistic mother.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Culture and Psychoanalysis: A Personal Journey|title=Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 50, No. 2. |year=2006|pages=25-44|author=Sudhir Kumar|URL=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23182008?seq=1|publisher=Berghahn Books}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==

Kakar's was awarded the 1987 Boyer Prize for Psychological Anthropology of the [[American Anthropological Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaanet.org/sections/spa/?page_id=69 |title=Boyer Prize for Contributions to Psychoanalytic Anthropology |publisher=Society for Psychological Anthropology}}</ref> He received the Order of Merit, Federal republic of Germany, Feb. 2012,
Distinguished Service Award, Indo-American Psychiatric Association, 2007, Fellow, National Academy of Psychology, India, 2007,
Member, Academie Universelle des Cultures, France, 2003, Abraham Kardiner Award, Columbia University, 2002,Rockefeller Residency, Bellagio. April–May 1999,Goethe Medal of Goethe Institut, Germany, 1998,Watumull Distinguished Scholar, University of Hawaii,Spring Semester, 1998,National Fellow in Psychology, Indian Council of Social Science Research, 1992–94,
MacArthur Research Fellowship, 1993–94,Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow, 1986–88,Homi Bhabha Fellow, 1979-80.Karolyi Foundation Award for Young Writers, 1963.
The French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur profiled Kakar as one of 25 major thinkers of the world while the German weekly Die Zeit profiled him as one of twenty one thinkers for the 21st century Oxford University Press, Delhi is in the process of publishing 4 volumes of Kakar’s essays in their series Great Thinkers of Modern Asia.

==Works==
'''Non-fiction'''
*''Mad and Divine: Spirit and Psyche in the Modern World''
*''Inner World: A Psycho-Analytic Study of Childhood and Society in India: Psychoanalytic Study of Childhood and Society in India'', OUP India, 2Rev Ed (14 October 1982) {{ISBN|0-19-561305-8}} (10), {{ISBN|978-0-19-561305-6}} (13)
*''Shamans, Mystics, And Doctors''
*''Tales Of Love, Sex And Danger''
*''Intimate Relations''
*''The Colors Of Violence''
*''The Indians''
**''Die Inder. Porträt einer Gesellschaft'' (2006)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taz.de/index.php?id=archivseite&dig=2006/10/07/a0198 |title=Das System der Klaglosigkeit |pages=1007 |accessdate=1 January 2008 |author=Renée Zucker |date=7 October 2006 |publisher=[[die tageszeitung]]|type=Book review|newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz }}</ref>
*''Kamasutra''
*''Frederick Taylor''
*''Understanding Organizational Behavior''
*''Conflict And Choice''
*''Identity And Adulthood''
*''The Analyst And The Mystic''
*''La Folle Et Le Saint''
*''Culture And Psyche''
*''The Indian Psyche''
*''The Essential Writings Of Sudhir Kakar''
*''A Book of Memory'', 2011

'''Fiction'''
*''The Ascetic Of Desire''
*''Indian Love Stories''
*''Ecstasy''
*''Mira And The Mahatma''
*''The Crimson Throne''
* The Devil Take Love

==Further reading==
*T.G. Vaidyanathan & Jeffrey J. Kripal (editors): VISHNU ON FREUD'S DESK : A Reader in Psychoanalysis and Hinduism, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-565835-3}}, Paperback (Edition: 2003)

== See also ==
*[[Girindrasekhar Bose]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
*{{citation|last=Singh|first=Khushwant|author-link=Khushwant Singh|date=25 April 2011
|title=Me and my couch: A review of ''A Book of Memory—Confessions and Reflections'' By Sudhir Kakar, Penguin/Viking, Pages: 318, Rs. 499|journal=Outlook|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?271384}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sudhirkakar.com/sudhir.htm Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404005454/http://www.asiasource.org/arts/kakar.cfm Asia Source interview]
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