"In your country," Ignacio Martin-Baro remarked to a North American
colleague, "it's publish or perish. In ours, it's publish "and"
perish." In November 1989 a Salvadoran death squad extinguished his
eloquent voice, raised so often and so passionately against
oppression in his adopted country. A Spanish-born Jesuit priest
trained in psychology at the University of Chicago, Martin-Baro
devoted much of his career to making psychology speak to the
community as well as to the individual. This collection of his
writings, the first in English translation, clarifies Martin-Baro's
importance in Latin American psychology and reveals a major force
in the field of social theory.
Gathering essays from an array of professional journals, this
volume introduces readers to the questions and concerns that shaped
Martin-Baro's thinking over several decades: the psychological
dimensions of political repression, the impact of violence and
trauma on child development and mental health, the use of
psychology for political ends, religion as a tool of ideology, and
defining the "real" and the "normal" under conditions of
state-sponsored violence and oppression, among others. Though
grounded in the harsh realities of civil conflict in Central
America, these essays have broad relevance in a world where
political and social turmoil determines the conditions of daily
life for so many. In them we encounter Martin-Baro's humane,
impassioned voice, reaffirming the essential connections among
mental health, human rights, and the struggle against injustice.
His analysis of contemporary social problems, and of the failure of
the social sciences to address those problems, permits us to
understand not only thesubstance of his contribution to social
thought but also his lifelong commitment to the campesinos of El
Salvador.
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