Psychology of Liberation Theory and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sonn, Christopher C. (Editor), Montero, Maritza. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Peace Psychology Book Series
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Consciousness.; Applied psychology.; Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85784-8

Since the mid-1980s, the psychology of liberation movement has been a catalyst for collective and individual change in communities throughout Latin America, and beyond; and recent political developments are making its powerful, transformative ideas more relevant than ever before. Psychology of Liber...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Praxis and Liberation in the Latin American Context
• Conscientization and Participation Process in Community Psychology
• Liberation Psychology: Learning from Latin American
• The Social Psychology of Ignacio Martin-Baro: Critical Commitment vs Objectivism
• Dissenting as a Political Praxis of Liberation
• Social Psychology of Resistance, Liberation Approach and Peace Construction
• Constructing Cultures of Peace with War-Affected Communities
• Methods for Liberation
• Elaboration of Historical Memory as a Psychosocial and Liberating Recovery Process
• Immigration and Identity: The Ongoing Struggles for Liberation
• What Happens to Liberation Movements after the Dismantling of an Authoritarian Regime: The Philippine Case
• Liberation Psychology on the Street: Working with Youngsters who Have Lived on the Streets of Caracas
• New Challenges for the Psychology of Liberation
• Critical Consciousness Acquisition among Women from Marginalized Neighborhoods.