Cultural Psychology, Racism, and Social Justice

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratner, Carl
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:International and Cultural Psychology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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