Transpersonal Psychology: The Role of the Afrocentric Paradigm
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Black Psychology
- Vol. 12 (1) , 31-42
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009579848501200103
Abstract
Conspicuously absent in the literature of transpersonal psy chology in its search for a paradigm is an exploration of traditional African culture and world view. Such a legacy of omission from philosophical and psychological endeavors is common. This is due to the fact that until recently African culture has been so badly misunderstood because of the imposition of alien world view in its analysis. The unity and integration of knowledge that we seek in a transpersonal paradigm has its framework already existent in the African world view and is identified in Afrocentric psychological theory.Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Implications for psychology of the new philosophy of science.American Psychologist, 1983
- The Consciousness DisciplinesJournal of Humanistic Psychology, 1983
- The nature of pluralism and the African American caseTheory Into Practice, 1981
- Black Power in South AfricaPublished by University of California Press ,1978
- Historical Foundations of African Psychology and Their Philosophical ConsequencesJournal of Black Psychology, 1978
- Black Psychology: The Third Great TraditionJournal of Black Psychology, 1977
- Voodoo or IQ: An Introduction to African PsychologyJournal of Black Psychology, 1975
- Africanity: Its Role in Black FamiliesThe Black Scholar, 1974