A Psychology of Liberation and Peace
For the Greater Good
Authors: Thompson, Chalmer
Free Preview- Presents a re-formulated theory of racial identity, building on the work of historians, writers, and theoristsMakes space for activists and other individuals outside of academia within the author's comprehensive theoryExpands on American racial politics to address racial identity on a global scale
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-23
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Violence and Racialized Lives
Pages 25-59
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How Racial Identity Theory Is Relevant to Liberation and Peace Psychology
Pages 61-90
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Waging Liberation and Peace
Pages 91-116
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The World Stage: Engaging in Transnational Liberation and Peace Work
Pages 117-140
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Psychology of Liberation and Peace
- Book Subtitle
- For the Greater Good
- Authors
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- Chalmer Thompson
- Series Title
- Pan-African Psychologies
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-13597-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-13597-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-13596-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-13599-7
- Series ISSN
- 2523-8264
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXV, 166
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
