A Psychology of Liberation and Peace: For the Greater Good (Pan-African Psychologies)

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Introduction (Chalmer E. F. Thompson)....Pages 1-23 Violence and Racialized Lives (Chalmer E. F. Thompson)....Pages 25-59 How Racial Identity Theory Is Relevant to Liberation and Peace Psychology (Chalmer E. F. Thompson)....Pages 61-90 Waging Liberation and Peace (Chalmer E. F. Thompson)....Pages 91-116 The World Stage: Engaging in Transnational Liberation and Peace Work (Chalmer E. F. Thompson)....Pages 117-140 Back Matter ....Pages 141-166