{"title":"Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024).","authors":"Dinesh Sharma, John Munder Ross","doi":"10.1037/amp0001498","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He wrote and edited 25 books of nonfiction and seven novels. He is survived by his son, daughter, and his partner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Psychologist","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001498","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He wrote and edited 25 books of nonfiction and seven novels. He is survived by his son, daughter, and his partner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
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