Cultural Psychology, Racism, and Social Justice / / by Carl Ratner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910624379103321
• Autore: Ratner Carl
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
• ISBN: 9783031145797; 9783031145780
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Collana: International and Cultural Psychology, , 2197-7984
• Disciplina: 303.372; 302
• Soggetti: Ethnopsychology; Social psychology; Cross-Cultural Psychology; Social Psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. How Can Scientific Psychology Contribute to Social and Psychological Emancipation? -- Chapter 2. Introduction: The Science-Emancipation Dialectic or Mobius Strip -- Part I. Macro Cultural Psychological Theory -- Chapter 3. The Scientific Theory of Macro Cultural Psychology -- Chapter 4. The Emancipatory Character of Macro Cultural Psychology and The Conservative Character of Alternative Approaches to Cultural Psychology -- Part II. The Macro Cultural Psychology of Racism/Racist Psychology -- Chapter 5. Racist Psychology and Racism As Macro-Cultural Phenomena -- Chapter 6. Racist psychology, Slavery and Capitalism -- Part III. Social Justice Movements Against Racism: Intellectual and Political Conumdrums -- Chapter 7. Fetishizing Racism, Racist Psychology, Race, Inequality, Equality, and Democracy -- Chapter 8. Political Errors in Racial Social Justice Movements.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book utilizes cultural psychology as a cultural theory and psychological theory capable of explaining and improving social issues. In particular Vygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology, and Ratner’s macro-cultural psychology are invoked to explain racism and mitigate ; it. This explanation of, and solution to, racism are utilized as a framework for analyzing and refining contemporary movements for racial justice. Among the topics discussed: Macro cultural psychology and Vygotsky’s Marxist cultural-historical psychology Differentiating psychological racism from economic racism Historical examples of racism during American slavery which reveal their cultural and psychological features Cultural-psychological analysis and refinement of Black Lives Matter, racial capitalism, intersectionism, and Ta-Nehishi Coates’ work Cultural Psychology, Racism, and Social Justice will be of interestto the fields of social policy, social transformation, psychological theory, cultural theory, and history.