Overview
- Influence and adoption can be seen in the kind of community social psychology developed in Latin America
- Encapsulates terms of the epistemological, philosophical, and methodological traditions that have informed the development of liberation praxis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Peace Psychology Book Series (PPBS)
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Since the mid-1980s, the psychology of liberation movement has been a catalyst for collective and individual change in communities throughout Latin America, and beyond; and recent political developments are making its powerful, transformative ideas more relevant than ever before. Psychology of Liberation: Theory and Applications updates the activist frameworks developed by Ignacio Martin-Baro and Paulo Freire with compelling stories from the frontlines of conflict in the developing and developed worlds, as social science and psychological practice are allied with struggles for peace, justice, and equality.
In these chapters, liberation is presented as both an ongoing process and a core dimension of wellbeing, entailing the reconstruction of social identity and the transformation of all parties involved, both oppressed and oppressors. It also expands the social consciousness of professionals, bringing more profound meaning to practice and enhancing related areas such as peace psychology, as shown in articles such as these:
- Philippines: the role of liberation movements in the transition to democracy.
- Venezuela: liberation psychology as a therapeutic intervention with street youth.
- South Africa: the movement for representational knowledge.
- Muslim world: religion, the state, and the gendering of human rights.
- Ireland: linking personal and political development.
- Australia: addressing issues of racism, identity, and immigration.
- Colombia: building cultures of peace from the devastation of war.
Psychology of Liberation demonstrates the commitment to overcome social injustices and oppression. The book is a critical resource for social and community psychologists as well as policy analysts. It can also be used as a text for graduate courses in psychology, sociology, social work and community studies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychology of Liberation
Book Subtitle: Theory and Applications
Editors: Christopher C. Sonn, Maritza Montero
Series Title: Peace Psychology Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85784-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-85783-1Published: 10 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2761-3Published: 08 September 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-85784-8Published: 28 April 2009
Series ISSN: 2197-5779
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5787
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 303
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cross Cultural Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology