Edward Sapir is undoubtedly one of the most important anthropologists of the early 20th century. Long before the development of structural anthropology, Sapir formulated the philosophy of structuralism and laid the foundations of a general science of behaviour.

Over the past twenty years, psychotherapies have been booming in Indian society. This book, devoted to the particular case of psychoanalysis in Delhi, Based on a rich ethnography and many case studies describes how this new practice is gradually becoming part of new lifestyles.