'Race', racism, knowledge production, and psychology in South Africa / Norman Duncan [and three others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duncan, Norman, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--South Africa--Psychological aspects.

Racism.

Psychology--South Africa.

Psychology.

National characteristics, South African.

South Africa--Race relations--Psychological aspects.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

Huntington, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contents: 'Race', racism, knowledge production and psychology in South Africa: Editorial introduction; Racism and the history of university education in South Africa; Compromises and other failures to oppose racism in South African psychology; Mirror reflections: the evolution of organised professional psychology in South Africa; Submissions to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: the reflections of a commissioner on the culpability of psychology; Racism and cultural imperialism in the training of black clinical psychologists in South Africa: identity, ambiguity and dilemmas of praxis; Martian landscapes; The social construction of race and gender at South Africa's NIPR: 1946-1984; Invisibility in South African Psychology; 1948-1988): a trend analysis; A comparative characterisation of South African Psychology; 1948-1988): discerning ideological and academic strands; Dislodging the sub-texts: an analysis of a corpus of articles on racism; Authorship and publication: challenging academic racism; Index.

Contents:

'RACE', RACISM, KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA ; 'RACE', RACISM, KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; Chapter 1 RACE, RACISM, KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION ; THE CONCEPTION OF RACISM INFORMING THIS VOLUME ; SOUTH AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE REPRODUCTION OF RACISM ; Scope of this Volume ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 RACISM AND THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA ; HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA Early Years 1829-1920s ; Middle Years 1920s-1959 ; Apartheid Years 1959-1994 ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 THE HISTORY OF RACISM IN PROFESSIONAL SOUTH AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGY ; INTRODUCTION ; EARLY ATTEMPTS AT RECONCEPTUALISING RACE AND PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA ; REVISIONING THE HISTORY OF RACISM IN PSYCHOLOGY ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 MIRROR REFLECTIONS: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANISED PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA ; INTRODUCTION

""RACIALISED"" GATE-KEEPING: ORGANISED PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DURING THE EARLY YEARS REFORM AND TRANSFORMATION: ORGANISED PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LIBERATORY POLITICS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 SUBMISSIONS TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: THE REFLECTIONS OF A COMMISSIONER ON THE CULPABILITY OF PSYCHOLOGY ; INTRODUCTION; MENTAL HEALTH SUBMISSIONS; Psychology's Alliance with the Apartheid Order ; The Exclusivity of South African Psychology ; Omission Morality ; The Role of South African Psychologists in Torture ; Psychology's Response to the TRC

CONCLUSION REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 RACISM AND CULTURAL IMPERIALISM IN THE TRAINING OF BLACK CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: IDENTITY, AMBIGUITY AND DILEMMAS OF PRAXIS; INTRODUCTION; STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: PSYCHOLOGY, APARTHEID AND ITS LEGACY2 ; BECOMING THE ""HELPER"": IDENTITY AND AMBIGUITY AMONG BLACK TRAINEE PSYCHOLOGISTS ; LIVING THE DOUBLE-BIND: DILEMMAS OF PRAXIS ; BEYOND ""TRANSFORMATION"": EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVES ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; REFERENCES

Chapter 7 MARTIAN LANDSCAPES: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE AND GENDER AT SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PERSONNEL RESEARCH, 1946-1984INTRODUCTION ; THE PROBE ; SCIENCE, INDUSTRY, PSYCHOLOGY AND RACE ; AFRICAN, NATIVE, BANTU, BLACK: RACIAL DISCOURSE AND RACE TERMINOLOGY ; 1946-1962: (I) MARTIANS AS AFRICANS ; 1946-1962: (II) MARTIANS AS NATIVES ; 1959-1973: MARTIANS AS BANTU ; 1974-1984: MARTIANS AS BLACKS ; CHANGE AND STASIS, SILENCE AND VOICE IN RACIAL DISCOURSE ; WHAT ABOUT THE COLONISTS? ; GENDER ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES

Chapter 8 INVISIBILITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGY (1948-1988): A TREND ANALYSIS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 15, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63484-116-6