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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Martín-Baró, Ignacio. Writings for a liberation psychology. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994 (OCoLC)654463152 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ignacio Martín-Baró; Adrianne Aron; Shawn Corne |
| ISBN: | 067496246X 9780674962460 |
| OCLC Number: | 30663648 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Spanish. |
| Notes: | Translated from the Spanish. |
| Description: | xiv, 242 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Foreword / Elliot G. Mishler -- I. The Psychology of Politics and the Politics of Psychology. 1. Toward a Liberation Psychology. 2. The Role of the Psychologist. 3. Power, Politics, and Personality. 4. Political Socialization: Two Critical Themes. 5. The Political Psychology of Work -- II. War and Trauma. 6. War and Mental Health. 7. War and the Psychosocial Trauma of Salvadoran Children. 8. Religion as an Instrument of Psychological Warfare. 9. The Psychological Value of Violent Political Repression -- III. De-ideologizing Reality. 10. "The People": Toward a Definition of a Concept. 11. Public Opinion Research as a De-ideologizing Instrument. 12. The Lazy Latino: The Ideological Nature of Latin American Fatalism -- Complete Works of Ignacio Martin-Baro. |
| Responsibility: | Ignacio Martín-Baró ; edited by Adrianne Aron and Shawn Corne. |
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important resource for those who seek ideas and examples for developing "indigenous psychology" from the base of marginalized people's lives, in coalition with them. Marti n-Baro 's essays are...characterized by a concreteness and a passion for justice, and they offer tremendous insights into Salvadoran society as well as the struggle for liberation. Mart& iacute; n-Bar& oacute; 's essays are...characterized by a concreteness and a passion for justice, and they offer tremendous insights into Salvadoran society as well as the struggle for liberation. These essays touch on religion as a tool of ideology, the meaning of work and the way in which reality becomes fragmented in a politically repressed society...Those who worked to bring forth these essays have added a measure of justice to his life.--Richard Higgins "Boston Globe " Adrianne Aron and Shawn Corne's excellent introduction contextualizes the volume, both within the Salvadoran peasant communities with whom much of Martin-Baro's work was developed and within the academic/intellectual communities to whom it is addressed. The chapters are organized around three major themes, which are, arguably, the major dimensions along which Martin-Baro's work developed: political psychology, war and trauma, and "de-ideologizing" reality. The selections demonstrate his contributions to social psychology as well as his intense involvement in the social reality of his adoptive country, El Salvador...[This is an] excellent volume. It is required reading for psychologists seeking a more critical psychology--one that takes responsibility for its social position and privilege, and challenges the status quo. It is an equally important resource for those who seek ideas and examples for developing "indigenous psychology" from the base of marginalized people's lives, in coaliti Martin-Baro's essays are...characterized by a concreteness and a passion for justice, and they offer tremendous insights into Salvadoran society as well as the struggle for liberation.--Terry Coonan "Human Rights Quarterly " Read more...
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- Social psychology -- Latin America.
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- Central America.
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- Sociale psychologie.
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- Social psychiatry.
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