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Decolonial Psychology: Toward Anticolonial Theories, Research, Training, and Practice (Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Psychology Series) by Lillian Comas-Diaz, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Duenas is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Decolonial Psychology: Toward Anticolonial Theories, Research, Training, and Practice (Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Psychology Series) about?

This book offers an expert synthesis of the scholarly literature on approaches to decolonial psychology, its historical foundations, education and training, and psychological practice. From its inception, psychological science and practice in the United States has been framed predominantly by Eurocentric epistemologies. As a result, oppressed people have internalized the belief that their culture and values are inferior to those of dominant groups. Infusing a decolonial lens into psychology is one way for the field to become more inclusive and relevant to the numerical majority worldwide. Decolonial psychology creates space and methods for oppressed and impoverished communities to radically imagine their existence outside of the superimposed borders of coloniality, neoliberalism, racism, and other systems of oppression. It emphasizes how people's subjectivity and connections to diverse social groups are influenced by history, context, and oppression; how these populations actively resist and survive attacks on their humanity; and how knowledge production is shaped not only by how data is interpreted but also by the questions asked. The chapters in this book provide an opportunity

Who reads Decolonial Psychology: Toward Anticolonial Theories, Research, Training, and Practice (Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Psychology Series)?

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Lillian Comas-Diaz, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Duenas
Publisher
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Published
2024
Language
EN
ISBN
9781433838521
Category
nonfiction

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