African Psychology: The Emergence of a Tradition
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Oxford University Press USA - OSO
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Oxford
Entstehungszeit:
2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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Abstract:
This book aims to serve as a foundational text in the emerging field of African psychology, which centers the knowledges and experience of continental African realities and postcolonial concerns in psychology. Drawing from the author's key essays as a leading thinker in the field, African Psychology: The Emergence of a Tradiiton describes this discipline's meaning and scope, as well as its epistemological and theoretical perspectives.
Cover -- Half title -- African Psychology -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part I -- 1. Introduction: The Danger of a Single Story and the Problem of Speaking for Others -- 2. What Is African Psychology the Psychology of?: A Postcolonial Theory -- 3. African Psychology and Archaeology: Looking Through the Mirror of the African Past and Worldview -- Part II -- 4. Epistemological and Cultural Perspectives in African Psychology -- 5. Endogenous Principles and Concepts in African Psychology -- 6. An Africentric Theory of Human Motivation -- 7. A Synoptic and Multidimensional Theory of the Modern African Self -- 8. Dreaming in Africa: An Africentric Theory -- 9. Writing the Body: An Africentric Theory of the Gates of Stress -- 10. A Rainbow Theory of Marriage Development: An Africentric Perspective -- 11. Research Methodology in African Psychology: Epistemology, Theory, and Techniques -- Part III -- 12. Moving Beyond the BPS: An Africentric Approach to Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment -- 14. Building on the Indigenous: Theory and Practice of Marriage Therapy in Contemporary Africa -- 13. A Collaborative and Narrative Approach to Child and Family Therapy in Africa -- Part IV -- 15. Psychological Processes and Rituals of Hope-Healing Communities in Contemporary Africa -- 16. Expectations and Dilemmas of African Immigrants in Europe and North America: Rewriting the Narrative -- 17. The Therapeutic Use of Songs in Apartheid South Africa: An African Example of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed -- 18. From Mind to Relationship: A Five-Stage Theory of Community Participation in Grief Work in Africa -- 19. Rituals of Cleansing and Repossession: An Africentric Approach to Treatment of Moral Injury -- Index.
Cover -- Half title -- African Psychology -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part I -- 1. Introduction: The Danger of a Single Story and the Problem of Speaking for Others -- 2. What Is African Psychology the Psychology of?: A Postcolonial Theory -- 3. African Psychology and Archaeology: Looking Through the Mirror of the African Past and Worldview -- Part II -- 4. Epistemological and Cultural Perspectives in African Psychology -- 5. Endogenous Principles and Concepts in African Psychology -- 6. An Africentric Theory of Human Motivation -- 7. A Synoptic and Multidimensional Theory of the Modern African Self -- 8. Dreaming in Africa: An Africentric Theory -- 9. Writing the Body: An Africentric Theory of the Gates of Stress -- 10. A Rainbow Theory of Marriage Development: An Africentric Perspective -- 11. Research Methodology in African Psychology: Epistemology, Theory, and Techniques -- Part III -- 12. Moving Beyond the BPS: An Africentric Approach to Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment -- 14. Building on the Indigenous: Theory and Practice of Marriage Therapy in Contemporary Africa -- 13. A Collaborative and Narrative Approach to Child and Family Therapy in Africa -- Part IV -- 15. Psychological Processes and Rituals of Hope-Healing Communities in Contemporary Africa -- 16. Expectations and Dilemmas of African Immigrants in Europe and North America: Rewriting the Narrative -- 17. The Therapeutic Use of Songs in Apartheid South Africa: An African Example of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed -- 18. From Mind to Relationship: A Five-Stage Theory of Community Participation in Grief Work in Africa -- 19. Rituals of Cleansing and Repossession: An Africentric Approach to Treatment of Moral Injury -- Index.
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