It takes the average reader 5 hours and 25 minutes to read Shamans, Mystics and Doctors by Sudhir Kakar
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Sudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst and scholar, brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda. "With extraordinary sympathy, open-mindedness, and insight Sudhir Kakar has drawn from both his Eastern and Western backgrounds to show how the gulf that divides native healer from Western psychiatrist can be spanned."—Rosemary Dinnage, New York Review of Books "Each chapter describes the geographical and cultural context within which the healers work, their unique approach to healing mental illness, and . . . the philosophical and religious underpinnings of their theories compared with psychoanalytical theory."—Choice
Shamans, Mystics and Doctors by Sudhir Kakar is 317 pages long, and a total of 81,469 words.
This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 100% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 25 minutes to read Shamans, Mystics and Doctors aloud.
Shamans, Mystics and Doctors is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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