Overview
- Presents a re-formulated theory of racial identity, building on the work of historians, writers, and theorists
- Makes space for activists and other individuals outside of academia within the author's comprehensive theory
- Expands on American racial politics to address racial identity on a global scale
Part of the book series: Pan-African Psychologies (PAAFPS)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- Liberation Psychology
- Peace Psychology
- Black Psychology
- Pan-African Psychology
- Indigenous Psychology
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Black Lives Matter
- Peace-building
- Racial Oppression
- Racial Violence
- Black Identity
- Identity Shaping
- Intersectionality
- Structural Violence
- Environmental Racism
- Sexual Minorities
- Sexism
- Mass Incarceration
- Immigration
About this book
This book addresses the need to radically transform societies plagued by racism. It places prominence on persistent racialized violence in the lives of Black Americans as influential in how Black people in the U.S. and abroad perceive themselves as Black in juxtaposition to their perceptions of White people and other People of Color. An absence of understanding of the often-masked role of violence in the lives of Black people increases the likelihood of reproducing it. The author offers a reformulation of racial identity theory to examine the construction of Manichaeism in people and societies, and how meaningful engagement that confronts the violence is vital to psychological development, though this engagement also is not without dire risks.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Chalmer E. F. Thompson, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Indiana University School of Education in Indianapolis. Dr. Thompson is affiliated with Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda and considers herself a scholar-activist.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Psychology of Liberation and Peace
Book Subtitle: For the Greater Good
Authors: Chalmer E. F. Thompson
Series Title: Pan-African Psychologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13597-3
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, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13596-6Published: 04 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13599-7Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13597-3Published: 27 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2523-8264
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8272
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 166
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cross Cultural Psychology, Self and Identity, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, African Culture