Colonised minds : narratives that shape psychology /
Psychology, as it is taught in the Global North, strives to be an objective science beyond reproach, but what happens when we examine the discipline critically, through an anti-colonial lens? This text pulls back the curtain on the existing canon to reveal the historical power structures that shaped...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Psychology, as it is taught in the Global North, strives to be an objective science beyond reproach, but what happens when we examine the discipline critically, through an anti-colonial lens? This text pulls back the curtain on the existing canon to reveal the historical power structures that shaped the discipline and examines the extent to which psychology today continues to uphold oppression. Colonised Minds situates current teaching and research of major topics in the field of psychology within the context of colonialism to better understand how some ideas were allowed to flourish while others were suppressed, censored or left behind. This book will also direct you to critical, antiracist and feminist approaches for the field and the modern university more generally, looking to voices and perspectives that have been marginalized for ways to rethink the way we see, and teach, psychology. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1529791804 9781529791808 1529791790 9781529791792 |