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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction to Global Psychologies: Mental Health and the Global South; Background; Body of the Book; Conclusions; References; Part I Theoretical, Philosophical and Historical Contexts; 2 Varieties of Global Psychology: Cultural Diversity and Constructions of the Self; Introduction; What Is Psychology?; The Hegemony of Western Psychology: Colonial and Postcolonial Selves; Self-Construction and Construal; Concepts of Self and Personhood in Non-Western Cultures
Postcolonial, Indigenous, and Postmodern PsychologiesConclusion; References; 3 Reflections on African and Asian Psychologies; Introduction; General Cultural Issues; Western Cultures; African Cultures; Asian Cultures; Holism; Spirituality; References; 4 Contexts, Epistemologies and Practices of Global South Psychologies; Historical and Cultural Contexts; Epistemologies, Cosmologies and Worldviews; Practices and Principles of Global South Psychologies; Conclusion; References; Part II Traditions of Psychology in the Global South; 5 African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Healing Traditions
IntroductionTraditional African Cultural Worldview; Collectivism; Spiritualism; African Indigenous Health Care; African Personality Theory; The Concept of Health and Ill-Health; Traditional African Healing Strategies; Conclusion; References; 6 The Self in Hindu Philosophies of Liberation; Introduction; The Self in the Sankhya Darshana; The Yoga Darshana; Self in the Vedanta Darshana; Unpacking Philosophies of the Self; Implications of Hindu Philosophies of the Self; References; 7 Buddhist Orientations to Mental Health; The Four Noble Truths; Pratitya-Samutpada and the Anatman Doctrine
Mental Health in BuddhismReferences; 8 Psychology from an Islamic Perspective; Introduction; The Concept of al-Fitrah; The Nature of the Human Soul; Significance of the Heart, Intellect, and Free Will; The Concept of Man as a Small World; The Concept of Jinn, Satan, and Evil Eye; The Dynamics of Nafs, Aql, Ruh, and Qalb; Six-Step Model for Self-Improvement; Conclusion; References; 9 Chinese Cultural Healing: Confucianism and Daoism; Cosmology of Daoism and Confucianism; Confucian Ethics for Ordinary People; Interaction Between Five Cardinal Ethics and Three Bonds
Self-Cultivation in Confucianism and DaoismDaoists' Contemplation; References; 10 Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia; Introduction; Indigenous Psychological Paradigms; Social and Political Determinants of Well-Being and Historical Trauma; Kaupapa Māori Psychology: An Indigenous Psychology; Australian Context and Emerging Therapeutic Knowledges; Social and Emotional Well-Being and Indigenous Therapeutic Knowledges; Conclusion; References; 11 Respect and Relationship: A Perspective on Indigenous Mental Health from Turtle Island/North America; Preface (Julian Robbins)
Postcolonial, Indigenous, and Postmodern PsychologiesConclusion; References; 3 Reflections on African and Asian Psychologies; Introduction; General Cultural Issues; Western Cultures; African Cultures; Asian Cultures; Holism; Spirituality; References; 4 Contexts, Epistemologies and Practices of Global South Psychologies; Historical and Cultural Contexts; Epistemologies, Cosmologies and Worldviews; Practices and Principles of Global South Psychologies; Conclusion; References; Part II Traditions of Psychology in the Global South; 5 African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Healing Traditions
IntroductionTraditional African Cultural Worldview; Collectivism; Spiritualism; African Indigenous Health Care; African Personality Theory; The Concept of Health and Ill-Health; Traditional African Healing Strategies; Conclusion; References; 6 The Self in Hindu Philosophies of Liberation; Introduction; The Self in the Sankhya Darshana; The Yoga Darshana; Self in the Vedanta Darshana; Unpacking Philosophies of the Self; Implications of Hindu Philosophies of the Self; References; 7 Buddhist Orientations to Mental Health; The Four Noble Truths; Pratitya-Samutpada and the Anatman Doctrine
Mental Health in BuddhismReferences; 8 Psychology from an Islamic Perspective; Introduction; The Concept of al-Fitrah; The Nature of the Human Soul; Significance of the Heart, Intellect, and Free Will; The Concept of Man as a Small World; The Concept of Jinn, Satan, and Evil Eye; The Dynamics of Nafs, Aql, Ruh, and Qalb; Six-Step Model for Self-Improvement; Conclusion; References; 9 Chinese Cultural Healing: Confucianism and Daoism; Cosmology of Daoism and Confucianism; Confucian Ethics for Ordinary People; Interaction Between Five Cardinal Ethics and Three Bonds
Self-Cultivation in Confucianism and DaoismDaoists' Contemplation; References; 10 Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia; Introduction; Indigenous Psychological Paradigms; Social and Political Determinants of Well-Being and Historical Trauma; Kaupapa Māori Psychology: An Indigenous Psychology; Australian Context and Emerging Therapeutic Knowledges; Social and Emotional Well-Being and Indigenous Therapeutic Knowledges; Conclusion; References; 11 Respect and Relationship: A Perspective on Indigenous Mental Health from Turtle Island/North America; Preface (Julian Robbins)