Re-examining psychology : critical perspectives and African insights / T. Len Holdstock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holdstock, T. Len.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Psychology.

Mental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; A critical appraisal of contemporary psychology; An introspective approach to psychology; Ethnocentrism and racism in psychology; Can the centre hold? Disunity and fragmentation in psychology; Revisioning psychology's underlying assumptions; Culture: The Achilles heel of psychology; Revisioning the concept of the self; African American perspectives on the ideological base underlying psychology; Towards an African consciousness; The colonisation of psychology in Africa; What an African perspective has to offer

Towards an African worldview: Living holismTowards Romanticism in psychology; Conclusion; References; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-240) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-66041-3

1-280-31861-9

0-203-44675-5

0-203-27186-6

9780203446751

OCLC:

560006181