Psychoanalytic perspectives on personality development in India.
Roland, Alan. Psychoanalytic perspectives on personality development in India. Samiksa, Vol 32(3), 1978, 47-68.
Abstract: Discusses differences between Indian and Western child-rearing practices and family structure as they affect personality development in each culture. In contrast to Western emphasis on individualism and personal autonomy, Indian culture stresses symbiotic modes of relating. The Indian indulgence of childhood symbiotic strivings and abrupt curtailment of assertiveness, during the period where separation–individuation is normally accomplished in the West, contributes to the symbiotic emphasis in Indian social structure.
The closely knit extended family promotes the extension of narcissism beyond the individual body ego to the "we" of the extended family. The diminished self-object differentiation of Indians relative to Westerners is both reflected in, and reinforced by, the Hindu notion of the Transcendent Self deeply embedded in the preconscious of the Indian mind. Traditional symbiotic patterns within the unitary family are being upset by the greater opportunities for autonomy afforded to Indian women in Westernized sections of the country. (37 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
Abstract: Discusses differences between Indian and Western child-rearing practices and family structure as they affect personality development in each culture. In contrast to Western emphasis on individualism and personal autonomy, Indian culture stresses symbiotic modes of relating. The Indian indulgence of childhood symbiotic strivings and abrupt curtailment of assertiveness, during the period where separation–individuation is normally accomplished in the West, contributes to the symbiotic emphasis in Indian social structure.
The closely knit extended family promotes the extension of narcissism beyond the individual body ego to the "we" of the extended family. The diminished self-object differentiation of Indians relative to Westerners is both reflected in, and reinforced by, the Hindu notion of the Transcendent Self deeply embedded in the preconscious of the Indian mind. Traditional symbiotic patterns within the unitary family are being upset by the greater opportunities for autonomy afforded to Indian women in Westernized sections of the country. (37 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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