This book articulates a bold, new, systematic theory of psychology,
culture, and their interrelation. It explains how macro cultural
factors -- social institutions, cultural artifacts, and cultural
concepts -- are the cornerstones of society and how they form the
origins and characteristics of psychological phenomena. This theory
is used to explain the diversity of psychological phenomena such as
emotions, self, intelligence, sexuality, memory, reasoning,
perception, developmental processes, and mental illness. Ratner
draws upon Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural psychology,
Bronfenbrenner's ecological psychology, as well as work in
sociology, anthropology, history, and geography, to explore the
political implications and assumptions of psychological theories
regarding social policy and reform.
The theory outlined here addresses current theoretical and
political issues such as agency, realism, objectivity,
subjectivism, structuralism, postmodernism, and multiculturalism.
In this sense, the book articulates a systematic political
philosophy of mind to examine numerous approaches to psychology,
including indigenous psychology, cross-cultural psychology,
activity theory, discourse analysis, mainstream psychology, and
evolutionary psychology.
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