Overview
- Addresses issues at the intersection of indigenous psychology, market ideology, values, and technology
- Examines the impact of the forces of technology and the market on indigenous cultures
- Presents an indigenous psychology critique of the role of mainstream psychology in value degradation
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology (PASIP)
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Keywords
- psychology of religion
- indigenous psychology
- indigenous cultures
- technology
- market force
- psychology of religion
- indigenous communities
- social psychology
- contemporary cultural analysis
About this book
This interdisciplinary edited collection addresses issues at the intersection of indigenous psychology, market ideology, values, and technology. The aims of this book arise from the recognition that whereas the unfolding of the agricultural revolution over thousands of years allowed for the gradual co-evolution of values and technology to blossom, the post-industrial technological revolution is so accelerated that there has been little time for the co-evolution of values. To address this, the chapters collected here seek to initiate a conversation that will provide the conceptual space for the evolution of values that can keep pace with contemporary developments in the machine and the market. In this conversation, they argue, indigenous psychologies will necessarily play a central role for two reasons: firstly, as alternative systems of thought they enable a productive interrogation of the rationality of machine and the market; and second, examples of the impact of technology and the market on traditional societies hold lessons for potential future impacts on the society as a whole. This timely work offers fresh insights that will appeal to students and scholars of psychology, cultural and religious studies, anthropology, business and economics, and science and technology studies.
Reviews
"I am frankly relieved that the editors, Dueck and Sundararajan, have turned their considerable analytic talents to this seemingly intractable set of problems. And once again they have assembled as formidable a group of authors as I can imagine. Their collective task: to understand, explore, and propose solutions for the extinction of culture, including our own. I’m embarrassed to admit that I never realized the extent or significance of the problem. But this book has raised my consciousness not only to the twin dangers of marketization and technology to all cultures, but also to the relatively untapped wisdom of indigenous religious traditions. How can we, for example, find cultural unity with the apparent depth of our current societal divisions? As just one of many resources in this book, the indigenous people of Zaire address the issues with fresh and profound insights. This book is a compendium of such resources, which the editors masterfully weave into a wonderful tapestry of sorely needed ideas and practices."(Brent Slife, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Brigham Young University, USA)
"Alvin Dueck and Louise Sundararajan offer a humanistic vision for a new age, a deft balance of alarm and hope. With thoughtful fervor they confront the spiritual vacuity and grotesque indifference of our time, naming a consequence nothing short of human extinction. Yet their masterfully edited volume offers treasures of resources for thinking and living differently, gleaned from an array of cultural and spiritual traditions historically disregarded in the pursuit of “progress.” Individual chapters are vibrant with distinct insights, contributed by experts from diverse perspectives, but the framing provides a cohesive moral structure to the whole. This book is a timely, provocative, unprecedented contribution to psychology and a vital resource for anyone concerned with human values."
(Lisa Osbeck, Professor of Psychology, Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology, University of West Georgia, USA)
"If one has concerns about the future of Indigenous Psychology, one need not worry. This volume connects critical and cultural ideas, advances and stimulates reflection, and provides thought-provoking analyses of the pathologies of the economic, technological, and cultural hegemonic status quo and its course. Indigenous and cultural thinking that considers diversity and inclusion, and articulates the moral and ethical-political dimensions of research and practice, are advanced as sources to contest the many maladies that plague the world. This edited book is a tour de force and shows a wide-ranging research program at its best."
(Thomas Teo, Professor of Psychology, Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology, York University, Canada)
"Alvin Dueck and Louise Sundararajan offer a humanistic vision for a new age, a deft balance of alarm and hope. With thoughtful fervor they confront the spiritual vacuity and grotesque indifference of our time, naming a consequence nothing short of human extinction. Yet their masterfully edited volume offers treasures of resources for thinking and living differently, gleaned from an array of cultural and spiritual traditions historically disregarded in the pursuit of “progress.” Individual chapters are vibrant with distinct insights, contributed by experts from diverse perspectives, but the framing provides a cohesive moral structure to the whole. This book is a timely, provocative, unprecedented contribution to psychology and a vital resource for anyone concerned with human values."
(Lisa Osbeck, Professor of Psychology, Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology, University of West Georgia, USA)
"If one has concerns about the future of Indigenous Psychology, one need not worry. This volume connects critical and cultural ideas, advances and stimulates reflection, and provides thought-provoking analyses of the pathologies of the economic, technological, and cultural hegemonic status quo and its course. Indigenous and cultural thinking that considers diversity and inclusion, and articulates the moral and ethical-political dimensions of research and practice, are advanced as sources to contest the many maladies that plague the world. This edited book is a tour de force and shows a wide-ranging research program at its best."
(Thomas Teo, Professor of Psychology, Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology, York University, Canada)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alvin Dueck is Distinguished Senior Professor of Cultural Psychologies at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, USA. He has served as a consultant to international agencies since 1984 and is actively involved in encouraging indigenous mental health awareness and services in Guatemala, Africa, and China. He is author of A Peaceable Psychology (2009).
Louise Sundararajan received her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Harvard University, and her Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston University, USA. She is founder and chair of the Task Force on Indigenous Psychology, which has grown to have over two hundred researchers from around the globe. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She has served as past president of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32 of the American Psychological Association) and is recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award from Division 32 of APA.
Louise Sundararajan received her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Harvard University, and her Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston University, USA. She is founder and chair of the Task Force on Indigenous Psychology, which has grown to have over two hundred researchers from around the globe. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She has served as past president of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32 of the American Psychological Association) and is recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award from Division 32 of APA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Values and Indigenous Psychology in the Age of the Machine and Market
Book Subtitle: When the Gods Have Fled
Editors: Alvin Dueck, Louise Sundararajan
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53195-8Due: 24 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53198-9Due: 24 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-53196-5Due: 24 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2946-4692
Series E-ISSN: 2946-4706
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 415
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations