Psychologies of liberation are emerging on every continent in response to the collective traumas inflicted by colonialism and globalization. The authors present the theoretical foundation and participatory methodologies that unite these radical interdisciplinary approaches to creating individual and community well-being. They move from a description of the psychological and community wounds that are common to unjust and violent contexts to engaging examples of innovative community projects from around the world that seek to heal these wounds. The creation of public homeplaces, the work of liberation arts, critical participatory action research, public dialogue, and reconciliation are highlighted as embodying the values and hopes of liberation psychology. Drawing on psychoanalysis, trauma studies, liberation arts, participatory research, and contemporary cultural work, this book nourishes our understanding of and imagination about the kinds of healing that are necessary to the creation of more just and peaceful communities. In dialogue with cultural workers, writers, and visionaries from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the United States, and the Pacific Islands, Toward Psychologies of Liberation quickens a dialogical convergence of liberatory psychological theories and practices that will seed individual and community transformation.
"This landmark book takes us on an unforgettable journey across disciplines, countries, spiritualities, and techniques to teach us twenty-first century psychologies of liberation. Authors Watkins and Shulman transform the discipline of psychology, showing us its connections to all disciplines concerned with liberating the imagination. Across international fields of difference, these authors never give up the prize: social and psychic emancipation. In doing so, they define what 'decoloniality' means for the twenty-first century". - Chela Sandoval, Associate Professor of Liberation Philosophy, Chair, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, USA.
'A scholarly, heartfelt, and desperately needed re-visioning of psychology.' - Dr Craig Chalquist, JFK University, US and author of Terrapsychology: Re-engaging the Soul of Place (Amazon.com on Nov 1, 2008).
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: COMPASS POINTS
Beyond Universalism: Local Regeneration
Beyond Ideology: Dialogue
Beyond Development: Liberation
PART 2: PSYCHIC WOUNDS OF COLONIALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
Symptoms and Psychologies in the Context of Culture
From Bystanding to Engaged Witness Bystanding
Pathologies of Perpetration
Mourning and Witness After Collective Trauma
PART 3: SPRINGS FOR CREATIVE RESTORATION
Rupture and Hospitality
Non-Subjects and Nomadic Consciousness
Dialogue
PART 4: PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES FOR REGENERATION
Communities of Resistance
Libertory Arts and Imagination
Critical Participatory Action Research
Placing Dialogical Ethics at the Center of Research
Dreams of Reconciliation and Restoration
Afterword Tikkun Olam: The Restoration and Repair of the World
References
Index
MARY WATKINS is a core faculty and coordinator of Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research in the MA/PhD Depth Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, USA. She is a clinical and development psychologist who has worked both in a wide variety of clinical settings and with groups on issues of peace, diversity, social justice, and the envisioning of community and cultural transformation. She is the author of Waking Dreams, Invisible Guests: The Development of Imaginal Dialogues, co-author of Talking with Young Children about Adoption, and essays on the confluence of depth and liberation psychologies.
HELENE SHULMAN has taught cultural studies, critical race theory, and depth psychologies at several universities in the United States including Sonoma State, St. Lawrence University, and Pacifica Graduate Institute, She is a community activist, Jungian analyst, and workshop leader in liberation arts and psychologies. She has written several articles and book chapters on these subjects, and a monograph, Living at the Edge of Chaos: Complex Systems in Culture and Psyche.
Description
Psychologies of liberation are emerging on every continent in response to the collective traumas inflicted by colonialism and globalization. The authors present the theoretical foundation and participatory methodologies that unite these radical interdisciplinary approaches to creating individual and community well-being. They move from a description of the psychological and community wounds that are common to unjust and violent contexts to engaging examples of innovative community projects from around the world that seek to heal these wounds. The creation of public homeplaces, the work of liberation arts, critical participatory action research, public dialogue, and reconciliation are highlighted as embodying the values and hopes of liberation psychology. Drawing on psychoanalysis, trauma studies, liberation arts, participatory research, and contemporary cultural work, this book nourishes our understanding of and imagination about the kinds of healing that are necessary to the creation of more just and peaceful communities. In dialogue with cultural workers, writers, and visionaries from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the United States, and the Pacific Islands, Toward Psychologies of Liberation quickens a dialogical convergence of liberatory psychological theories and practices that will seed individual and community transformation.
Reviews
"This landmark book takes us on an unforgettable journey across disciplines, countries, spiritualities, and techniques to teach us twenty-first century psychologies of liberation. Authors Watkins and Shulman transform the discipline of psychology, showing us its connections to all disciplines concerned with liberating the imagination. Across international fields of difference, these authors never give up the prize: social and psychic emancipation. In doing so, they define what 'decoloniality' means for the twenty-first century". - Chela Sandoval, Associate Professor of Liberation Philosophy, Chair, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, USA.
'A scholarly, heartfelt, and desperately needed re-visioning of psychology.' - Dr Craig Chalquist, JFK University, US and author of Terrapsychology: Re-engaging the Soul of Place (Amazon.com on Nov 1, 2008).
Contents
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: COMPASS POINTS
Beyond Universalism: Local Regeneration
Beyond Ideology: Dialogue
Beyond Development: Liberation
PART 2: PSYCHIC WOUNDS OF COLONIALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
Symptoms and Psychologies in the Context of Culture
From Bystanding to Engaged Witness Bystanding
Pathologies of Perpetration
Mourning and Witness After Collective Trauma
PART 3: SPRINGS FOR CREATIVE RESTORATION
Rupture and Hospitality
Non-Subjects and Nomadic Consciousness
Dialogue
PART 4: PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES FOR REGENERATION
Communities of Resistance
Libertory Arts and Imagination
Critical Participatory Action Research
Placing Dialogical Ethics at the Center of Research
Dreams of Reconciliation and Restoration
Afterword Tikkun Olam: The Restoration and Repair of the World
References
Index
Authors
MARY WATKINS is a core faculty and coordinator of Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research in the MA/PhD Depth Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, USA. She is a clinical and development psychologist who has worked both in a wide variety of clinical settings and with groups on issues of peace, diversity, social justice, and the envisioning of community and cultural transformation. She is the author of Waking Dreams, Invisible Guests: The Development of Imaginal Dialogues, co-author of Talking with Young Children about Adoption, and essays on the confluence of depth and liberation psychologies.
HELENE SHULMAN has taught cultural studies, critical race theory, and depth psychologies at several universities in the United States including Sonoma State, St. Lawrence University, and Pacifica Graduate Institute, She is a community activist, Jungian analyst, and workshop leader in liberation arts and psychologies. She has written several articles and book chapters on these subjects, and a monograph, Living at the Edge of Chaos: Complex Systems in Culture and Psyche.
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