Augustine Nwoye

African Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

The Emergence of a Tradition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to serve as a foundational text in the emerging field of African psychology, which centers the knowledge and experience of continental African realities and postcolonial concerns in psychology. Drawing from the author's key essays as a leading thinker in the field, African Psychology: The Emergence of a Tradition describes this discipline's meaning and scope, as well as its epistemological and theoretical perspectives. Part I presents the theoretical context for the book, proposing the Madiban tradition as a framework of inclusion for the study of psychology in African universities. Part 2 focuses on the epistemological, methodological, and theoretical perspectives in African psychology. Part 3 of the book introduces the reader to the field of African therapeutics, and Part 4 highlights the healing rituals and practices provided to the traumatised in contemporary Africa. The ultimate objective of the book is to give postcolonial Africans a fresh vision of themselves and their psychology and culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190932510
• Artikelnr.: 68705564

Autorenporträt

Dr. Augustine Nwoye's work focuses on African Psychology as a postcolonial discipline. Professor Nwoye has held distinguished teaching positions in several universities in Africa, along with visiting fellowships and lectures at many international universities including the Universities of Cambridge, Toronto, Stockholm, Howard, and the Holy Cross.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* About the Author
* PART I BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION: A POSTCOLONIAL THEORY OF AFRICAN
PSYCHOLOGY
* 1. Introduction: The Danger of a Single Story and the Problem of
Speaking for Others
* 2. What Is African Psychology the Psychology of?: A Postcolonial
Theory
* 3. African Psychology and Archaeology: Looking Through the Mirror of
the African Past and Worldview
* PART II THEORIES, EPISTEMOLOGIES, METHODOLOGIES
* 4. Epistemological and Cultural Perspectives in African Psychology
* 5. Endogenous Principles and Concepts in African Psychology
* 6. An Africentric Theory of Human Motivation
* 7. A Synoptic and Multidimensional Theory of the Modern African Self
* 8. Dreaming in Africa: An Africentric Theory
* 9. Writing the Body: An Africentric Theory of the Gates of Stress
* 10. A Rainbow Theory of Marriage Development: An Africentric
Perspective
* 11. Research Methodology in African Psychology: Epistemology, Theory,
and Techniques
* PART III AFRICAN THERAPEUTICS: PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES
* 12. Moving Beyond the BPS: An Africentric Approach to Clinical
Diagnosis and Treatment
* 13. A Collaborative and Narrative Approach to Child and Family
Therapy in Africa
* 14. Building on the Indigenous: Theory and Practice of Marriage
Therapy in Contemporary Africa
* PART IV PSYCHOLOGY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE IN AFRICA
* 15. Psychological Processes and Rituals of Hope- Healing Communities
in Contemporary Africa
* 16. Expectations and Dilemmas of African Immigrants in Europe and
North America: Rewriting the Narrative
* 17. The Therapeutic Use of Songs in Apartheid South Africa: An
African Example of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed
* 18. From Mind to Relationship: A Five- Stage Theory of Community
Participation in Grief Work in Africa
* 19. Rituals of Cleansing and Repossession: An Africentric Approach to
Treatment of Moral Injury
* Index