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A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth - An Indigenous American Perspective (Hardcover)
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A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth - An Indigenous American Perspective (Hardcover)
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Explains Native American psychology and how its unique perspectives
on mind and behavior can bring a focus to better heal individual,
social, and global disorders. Psychology is a relatively new
discipline, with foundations formed narrowly and near-exclusively
by white, European males. But in this increasingly diverse nation
and world, those foundations filled with implicit bias are too
narrow to best help our people and society, says author Arthur
Blume, a fellow of the American Psychological Association.
According to Blume, a narrowly based perspective prevents
"out-of-the-box" thinking, research, and treatment that could well
power greater healing and avoidance of disorders. In this text,
Blume explains the Native American perspective on psychology,
detailing why that needs to be incorporated as a new model for this
field. A Native American psychologist, he contrasts the original
culture of psychology's creators-as it includes individualism,
autonomy, independence, and hierarchal relationships-with that of
Native Americans in the context of communalism, interdependence,
earth-centeredness, and egalitarianism. As Blume explains,
psychological happiness is redefined by the reality of our
interdependence rather than materialism and individualism, and how
we do things becomes as important as what we accomplish. Includes a
glossary of Native American concepts and terms Explains the
Indigenous American view of creation as community, humans' place in
the social order as one of equal partnership, and the importance of
connection to the earth, relationships, spirituality, sacredness,
and the place of cultural humility Describes cultural myths that
permeate contemporary psychology Details how the vestiges of
colonialism traumatized people, contributed to health disparities,
and left people divided, in addition to damaging the planet
Illustrates how oppression victimizes both oppressor and the
oppressed
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