Decoloniality and Epistemic Justice in Contemporary Community Psychology

This book explores how decolonial theory has influenced community psychology, highlighting the biases in Western modernist thought and offering epistemic alternatives for emancipatory futures. Contributions from global perspectives address social issues and embrace standpoint approaches, co-constructing new knowledge. It is a valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, activists, and students in psychology and related fields.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 237 pages
Publication date: 22 September 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the profound impact of decolonial theory on knowledge production, praxis, and epistemic justice in various contemporary iterations of community psychology across the globe. While it maintains a notable Southern focus, the volume extends its reach beyond regional boundaries, critically interrogating the biases inherent in Western modernist thought regarding community psychology. Its primary objective is to shed light on and consolidate emerging epistemic alternatives that foster emancipatory futures within the field.

To achieve this, the book features contributions from community psychology theory and praxis from around the world, highlighting standpoint approaches such as critical race studies, queer theory, and indigenous epistemologies. These approaches aim to accurately reflect the experiences of the majority of the global population, addressing critical social issues such as the ongoing racialization of the world, gender inequality, class disparities, poverty, xenophobia, sexuality, violence, diasporas, migration, environmental degradation, and transnationalism/globalization. Moreover, they embrace knowledge production processes that involve the collaborative co-construction of new knowledge across the traditional binary of knowledge producers and consumers.

This book serves as an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, practitioners, activists, and advanced postgraduate students currently engaged in community psychology and related sub-disciplines within psychology. It also appeals to a secondary readership, including those working in development studies, political science, community development, and broader cognate disciplines within the social sciences, arts, and humanities. By exploring the intersection of decolonial theory and community psychology, this book offers a rich and nuanced understanding of the complexities and challenges facing contemporary societies, providing valuable insights for building more inclusive and equitable communities.

Weight: 409g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030722227
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021