Global Psychology from Indigenous Perspectives: Visions Inspired by K. S. Yang

by Louise Sundararajan (Editor), Kwang-Kuo Hwang (Editor), Kuang-Hui Yeh (Editor)

Overview

This volume celebrates the visions of a more equitable global psychology as inspired by the late Professor K. S. Yang, one of the founders of the indigenous psychology movement.  This unprecedented international debate among leaders in the field is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the movement from within—the thinking and the vision of those who are the driving forces behind the movement. This book should appeal to scholars and students of psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, philosophy of science, and postcolonial studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030351250
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	05/26/2020
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Louise Sundararajan is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), and recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award for 2014, from Division 32 (International Society of Humanistic Psychology) of APA. She received her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Harvard University, and her Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston University.

Kwang-Kuo Hwang is Professor Emeritus of Personality and Social Psychology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He is founder of Research Center for Cultural China and recently published Culture-inclusive Theories: An Epistemological Strategy (2019).

Kuang-Hui Yeh is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and a Joint-Appointment Professor of Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He is also the current President of Taiwanese Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.-Chapter 2: My Academic Journey with Kuo-Shu Yang: Travelling More Widely and More Deeply into Chinese Culture.-Chapter 3: Pioneer of Chinese Indigenous Psychology: Professor Kuo-Shu Yang.-Chapter 4: Philosophical Reflection on Prof. K.S. Yang’s Vision of Global Psychology and Indigenous Compatibility.-Chapter 5: Combined Essays.-Chapter 6: The Role of Reason in Cultural Interpretation: Some Talmudic Distinctions for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology.-Chapter 7: Yang’s Global Psychology and Beyond.-Chapter 8: Forgiveness in Indigenous Psychological Research: A Trojan Horse, a Western Knockoff, or a Traditioned Sensibility?.-Chapter 9: Psychology for the Global 99%.-Chapter 10: The Impossible Conditions of the Possibility of An Alter-Global Psychology.-Chapter 11: A Commentary on Commentaries on the Prospects for amore Equitable Global Psychology.-Chapter 12: From Indigenous Psychologies to Cross-indigenous Psychology – Prospects for a “Genuine, Global Human Psychology”.-Chapter 13: Critique and Review on KS Yang’s Global Psychology Vision: Global Psychology: Symphony or Elephant.-Chapter 14: Taking Stock and Moving Forward from IP to GP: Building on the Legacy of K. S. Yang.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The shift from a Western vision of psychology to the appreciation of multiple, indigenous psychologies is momentous in its potential. How then are we now to bring about a coherent, global psychology? As a tribute to the path-finding works of Kuo-Shu Yang, the present volume launches an international forum to explore this significant question. A stellar cast of culturally concerned psychologists offer keen insights, sparkling debate and a deep appreciation of the importance of bringing cherished differences into a just and inclusive whole. Such groundbreaking deliberation provides a window into the profound challenge of how the world’s peoples can achieve a form of unity that will enable us to survive.”

—Kenneth J. Gergen, author of Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community (2011)

“This volume is an incredible tribute to Professor Kuo-Shu Yang’s lifetime contribution to indigenous psychology. It features reflections from renowned scholars, showing how they thought Prof. Yang’s work has provided a vision for global psychology and a culturally inclusive psychology. Any students of indigenous psychology cannot miss reading this volume.”

—Ying-yi Hong, Professor of Marketing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

“Prof. Yang left the most valuable legacy in Asian indigenous psychology. This volume shows the way for researchers in Asia and beyond to pursue. The debates among international scholars are extremely inspiring.”

—Susumu Yamaguchi, Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology, University of Tokyo, Japan

Editorial Reviews

In order for Indigenous psychologists to make more critical engagements, they would have to address the formation of their disciplinary identity on the basis of culture. Is it possible to reimagine the identity of indigenous psychology? Is it necessary to engage with power? Some contributors have given affirmative answers. Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting and her associates’ transdisciplinary research explores the possibility of addressing culture in tandem with power. … This story once again reminds readers of Teo and Afsin’s caution … .” (Zhipeng Gao, Theory & Psychology, May 2, 2022)

From the Publisher