Re-examining Psychology

Critical Perspectives and African Insights
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18792-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 570 g

First published in 2004. Re-examining Psychology takes a critical look at some of the principles underlying the discipline and offers an insight into alternative psychological perspectives deriving from sub-Saharan Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holdstock, Len T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Philosophische Psychologie, Logotherapie, Existenzanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Critical Appraisal of Contemporary Psychology; Part 1 An Introspective Approach to Psychology; Part 2 Ethnocentrism and Racism in Psychology; Part 3 Can the Centre Hold?; Part 4 Revisioning Psychology’s Underlying Assumptions; Part 5 Culture; Part 6 Revisioning the Concept of the Self; Part 7 African American Perspectives on the Ideological Base Underlying Psychology; Part 8 Towards an African Consciousness; Part 9 The Colonisation of Psychology in Africa; Part 10 What an African Perspective Has to Offer; Part 11 Towards an African Worldview; Part 12 Towards Romanticism in Psychology; Part 13 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Len Holdstock has studied and taught psychology in South Africa, the United States and The Netherlands. From 1989 until his retirement in 1999 he has held the chair in Clinical Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.