Cultural Psychology, Racism, and Social Justice

This book utilizes cultural psychology as a cultural theory and psychological theory capable of explaining and improving social issues. In particular Vygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology, and Ratner’s macro-cultural psychology are invoked to explain racism and mitigate it. This explanation of, and solution to, racism are utilized as a framework for analyzing and refining contemporary movements for racial justice. Among the topics discussed:Macro cultural psychology and Vygotsky’s Marxist cultural-historical psychologyDifferentiating psychological racism from economic racismHistorical examples of racism during American slavery which reveal their cultural and psychological featuresCultural-psychological analysis and refinement of Black Lives Matter, racial capitalism, intersectionism, and Ta-Nehishi Coates’ work Cultural Psychology, Racism, and Social Justice will be of interest to the fields of social policy, social transformation, psychological theory, cultural theory, and history.

This book utilizes cultural psychology as a cultural theory and psychological theory capable of explaining and improving social issues. In particular Vygotsky''s cultural-historical psychology, and Ratner''s macro-cultural psychology are invoked to explain racism and mitigate it. This explanation of, and solution to, racism are utilized as a framework for analyzing and refining contemporary movements for racial justice.

Among the topics discussed:

Macro cultural psychology and Vygotsky''s Marxist cultural-historical psychology
Differentiating psychological racism from economic racism
Historical examples of racism during American slavery which reveal their cultural and psychological features
Cultural-psychological analysis and refinement of Black Lives Matter, racial capitalism, intersectionism, and Ta-Nehishi Coates'' work

Cultural Psychology, Racism, and Social Justice will be of interest to the fields of social policy, social transformation, psychological theory, cultural theory, and history.

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