英文摘要 |
This article focuses on of religious healing through the discussion of Sudhir Kakar works on the healing rituals of popular Hinduism. Kakar explores both the potentials and limits of psychoanalytical understanding of non-western culture and religion. This article first examines the tension between psychoanalysis and religion and argues that the psychoanalytical theory is not a universal psychological theory free from cultural assumption, value and ideal. When one adopts the psychoanalytic perspective to examine the non-western religious phenomena without the awareness of one's cultural assumption, the latter is easily to be falsely considered as the representation of ''regressive'' state of mind. This article then explores how Kakar proposes a dialogical model to understand psychoanalysis and popular Hinduism through their similar concern for healing. The dialogue between psychoanalysis and Hinduism is discussed through the following dimensions, including the recognition of illness, the understanding of symptoms and illness, the therapeutic process and the role of healer. The last part of this article discusses the perspectives of post-Freudian psychological theories and how their modification of classical psychoanalysis opens a new possibility for the dialogue between psychology and religion. |