Gender and Colonialism : A Psychological Analysis of Oppression and Liberation

Drawing on the writings of diverse authors, including Jean Baker Miller, bell hooks, Mary Daly, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martin-Baro, as well as on women's experiences, this book provides a new exploration of the feminist phrase 'The personal is political'. It aims to develop a 'liberation psychology' which would aid in transforming the damaging psychological patterns associated with oppression and taking action to bring about social change. The book describes patterns associated with oppression such as sense of inferiority, self-doubt, fear, anger, shame, problems in relationships and difficulties with direct action. These are linked systematically to social conditions associated with oppression in a 'cycle of oppression'. The book then identifies practices which individuals can actively pursue to break out of these patterns. These practices involve developing awareness, building personal strengths, making connections with others, and taking action to bring about change, and this forms the 'cycle of liberation', where change in each area feeds change in the other areas. The first edition of this book was a€pioneering work in the newly emerging field of liberation psychology, which is now making its mark in many areas related to psychology and social justice. This revised and updated edition retains the argument and structure of the€original edition, charting a journey from the personal to the political. The book draws on foundation writers in feminism and postcolonialism such as Frantz Fanon, Jean Baker Miller and Ignacio Martin Baro, on research and experience in the Irish context, and on the latest international developments in liberation psychology, feminist psychology, critical and community psychology. It provides a structural analysis of oppression that recognizes diversity and globalization and that can be readily adapted to diverse contexts. Exploring psychological aspects of oppression in detail, it then sets out practices for liberation at the personal, interpersonal and political levels

develops A Liberation Psychology Which Would Aid In Transforming The Damaging Psychological Patterns Associated With Oppression.

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seeks To Develop A Liberation Psychology That Would Help Transform The Damaging Psychological Patterns Associated With Oppression. Moane (psychology, U. College, Dublin) Describes Such Patterns As A Sense Of Inferiority, Self-doubt, Fear, Anger, Shame, Problems In Relationships, And Difficulties With Direct Action, And Shows How They Are Linked To Social Conditions Associated With Oppression. She Also Identifies Practices By Which Individuals Can Actively Work To Break Out Of The Patterns. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknew.com)

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Women, Psychology and Society: the Personal is Political....Pages 1-23 Hierarchical Systems: Patriarchy and Colonialism....Pages 24-54 Psychological Patterns Associated with Hierarchy: Internalized Oppression....Pages 55-88 Breaking Out: Processes Involved in Liberation....Pages 89-116 The Personal Level: Building Strengths....Pages 117-138 The Interpersonal Level: Making Connections....Pages 139-159 The Political Level: Taking Action....Pages 160-179 Interconnections between Personal and Social Change: towards an Egalitarian Society....Pages 180-199 Back Matter....Pages 200-228 Drawing on the writings of diverse authors, including Jean Baker Miller, Bell Hooks, Mary Daly, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martin-Baro, as well as on women's experiences, this book aims to develop a 'liberation psychology'; which would aid in transforming the damaging psychological patterns associated with oppression and taking action to bring about social change. The book makes systematic links between social conditions and psychological patterns, and identifies processes such as building strengths, cultivating creativity, and developing solidarity. Women, psychology and society: the personal is political Hierarchical systems: patriarchy and colonialism Psychological patterns associated with hierarchy: internalized oppression Breaking out: processes involved in liberation The personal level: building strengths The interpersonal level: making connections The political level: taking action Interconnections between personal and social change: towards and egalitarian society. The fist edition of this book was a pioneering work in the newly emerging field of liberation psychology. This revised and updated edition provides an up-to-date review of the latest international developments in liberation psychology, feminist psychology and critical psychology, with a framework that links the personal and the political The aim of this book is to develop a liberation psychology. Using the writings of authors such as Jean Baker Miller, Mary Daly, and Frantz Fanon, as well as the experiences of women, the book links social conditions with psychological patterns