A Psychology of Liberation and Peace: For the Greater Good 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Thompson, Chalmer E. F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030135993 ISBN-13: 9783030135997 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Psychology | Personality - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
Dewey: 155.2 |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.57 lbs) 166 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |