Global psychologies mental health and the Global South /
"{u200B}This book critiques our reliance on Eurocentric knowledge in the education and training of psychology and psychiatry. Chapters explore the diversity of 'constructions of the self' in non-Western cultures, examining traditional psychologies from Africa, Asia, Australasia, and P...
| Other Authors: | Fernando, Suman,, Moodley, Roy,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, United Kingdom :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxix, 329 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Summary: |
"{u200B}This book critiques our reliance on Eurocentric knowledge in the education and training of psychology and psychiatry. Chapters explore the diversity of 'constructions of the self' in non-Western cultures, examining traditional psychologies from Africa, Asia, Australasia, and Pre-Columbian America. The authors discuss liberation psychologies and contemporary movements in healing and psychological therapy that draw on both Western and non-Western sources of knowledge. A central theme confronted is the importance, in a rapidly shrinking world, for knowledge systems derived from diverse cultures to be explored and disseminated equally. The authors contend that for this to happen, academia as a whole must lead in promoting cross-national and cross-cultural understanding that is free of colonial misconceptions and prejudices. This unique collection will be of value to all levels of study and practice across psychology and psychiatry and to anyone interested in looking beyond Western definitions and understandings. "-- |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. "{u200B}This book critiques our reliance on Eurocentric knowledge in the education and training of psychology and psychiatry. Chapters explore the diversity of 'constructions of the self' in non-Western cultures, examining traditional psychologies from Africa, Asia, Australasia, and Pre-Columbian America. The authors discuss liberation psychologies and contemporary movements in healing and psychological therapy that draw on both Western and non-Western sources of knowledge. A central theme confronted is the importance, in a rapidly shrinking world, for knowledge systems derived from diverse cultures to be explored and disseminated equally. The authors contend that for this to happen, academia as a whole must lead in promoting cross-national and cross-cultural understanding that is free of colonial misconceptions and prejudices. This unique collection will be of value to all levels of study and practice across psychology and psychiatry and to anyone interested in looking beyond Western definitions and understandings. "-- Provided by publisher. Chapter 1. Introduction to Global Psychologies: Mental Health and the Global South; Part I. Theoretical, Philosophical and Historical Contexts; Chapter 2. Varieties of Global Psychology: Cultural Diversity and Constructions of the Self; Chapter 3. Reflections on African and Asian Psychologies; Chapter 4. Contexts, Epistemologies and Practices of Global South Psychologies; Part II. Traditions of Psychology in the Global South; Chapter 5. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Healing Traditions; Chapter 6. The Self in Hindu Philosophies of Liberation; Chapter 7. Buddhist Orientations to Mental Health; Chapter 8. Psychology from an Islamic Perspective; Chapter 9. Chinese Cultural Healing; Chapter 10. Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia; Chapter 11. Respect and Relationship: A Perspective on Indigenous Mental Health from Turtle Island/North America; Chapter 12. Healing Systems of the Mapuche People in Chile; Part III. Liberation Psychologies; Chapter 13. Frantz Fanon's Psychology of Black Consciousness; Chapter 14. Gandhian Philosophy for Living in the Modern World: Lessons from the Psychology of Satyagraha; Chapter 15. The Black Consciousness Psychology of Steve Biko; Part IV. Contemporary Movements; Chapter 16. Indigenous Psychologies and Approaches to Well-Being in East Asia; Chapter 17. From Denial to Collaboration: Reflections on Shamanism and Psychiatry Based on a Case Study in Chile; Chapter 18. Contemporary Applications of Confucian Healing. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxix, 329 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781349958160 1349958166 |