Global Psychology from Indigenous Perspectives

"The shift from a Western vision of psychology to the appreciation of multiple, indigenous psychologies is momentous in its potential. How then are we now to bring about a coherent, global psychology? As a tribute to the path-finding works of Kuo-Shu Yang, the present volume launches an international forum to explore this significant question. A stellar cast of culturally concerned psychologists offer keen insights, sparkling debate and a deep appreciation of the importance of bringing cherished differences into a just and inclusive whole. Such groundbreaking deliberation provides a window into the profound challenge of how the world's peoples can achieve a form of unity that will enable us to survive."

-Kenneth J. Gergen, author of Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community (2011)

"This volume is an incredible tribute to Professor Kuo-Shu Yang's lifetime contribution to indigenous psychology. Any students of indigenous psychology cannot miss reading this volume."

-Ying-yi Hong, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Marketing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

"Prof. Yang left the most valuable legacy in Asian indigenous psychology. The debates among international scholars included in this book are extremely inspiring."

-Susumu Yamaguchi, Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology, University of Tokyo, Japan

This volume celebrates the visions of a more equitable global psychology as inspired by the late Professor K. S. Yang, one of the founders of the indigenous psychology movement. This unprecedented international debate among leaders in the field is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the movement from within-the thinking and the vision of those who are the driving forces behind the movement. This book should appeal to scholars and students of psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, philosophy of science, and postcolonial studies.

Auteur

Louise Sundararajan is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), and recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award for 2014, from Division 32 (International Society of Humanistic Psychology) of APA. She received her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Harvard University, and her Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston University.

Kwang-Kuo Hwang is Professor Emeritus of Personality and Social Psychology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He is founder of Research Center for Cultural China and recently published Culture-inclusive Theories: An Epistemological Strategy (2019).

Kuang-Hui Yeh is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and a Joint-Appointment Professor of Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He is also the current President of Taiwanese Psychological Association.

Résumé

This volume celebrates the visions of a more equitable global psychology as inspired by the late Professor K. S. Yang, one of the founders of the indigenous psychology movement. This unprecedented international debate among leaders in the field is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the movement from withinthe thinking and the vision of those who are the driving forces behind the movement. This book should appeal to scholars and students of psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, philosophy of science, and postcolonial studies.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: My Academic Journey with Kuo-Shu Yang: Travelling More Widely and More Deeply into Chinese Culture

Chapter 3: Pioneer of Chinese Indigenous Psychology: Professor Kuo-Shu Yang

Chapter 4: Philosophical Reflection on Prof. K.S. Yang's Vision of Global Psychology and Indigenous Compatibility

Chapter 5: Combined Essays

Chapter 6: The Role of Reason in Cultural Interpretation: Some Talmudic Distinctions for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology

Chapter 7: Yang's Global Psychology and Beyond

Chapter 8: Forgiveness in Indigenous Psychological Research: A Trojan Horse, a Western Knockoff, or a Traditioned Sensibility?

Chapter 9: Psychology for the Global 99%

Chapter 10: The Impossible Conditions of the Possibility of An Alter-Global Psychology

Chapter 11: A Commentary on Commentaries on the Prospects for a more Equitable Global Psychology

Chapter 12: From Indigenous Psychologies to Cross-indigenous Psychology Prospects for a Genuine, Global Human Psychology

Chapter 13: Critique and Review on KS Yang's Global Psychology Vision: Global Psychology: Symphony or Elephant

Chapter 14: Taking Stock and Moving Forward from IP to GP: Building on the Legacy of K. S. Yang