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印度精神分析之父苏迪尔·卡卡尔(Sudhir Kakar)于2024年4月22日去世,享年85岁。他1938年出生于奈尼塔尔,在萨戈达(今巴基斯坦)、罗塔克和德里长大。卡卡尔出身于一个上层种姓的印度家庭,与印度的实业家精英关系密切。卡卡尔在遇到他的导师埃里克·埃里克森后成为了一名精神分析学家。继吉林德拉塞卡·博斯之后,卡卡尔是现代印度最具创造力的精神分析学家之一。他撰写和编辑了25本非虚构类书籍和7本小说。他留下了他的儿子、女儿和他的伴侣。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA,版权所有)。
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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