Defense Date
11-15-2012
Graduation Date
Fall 2012
Availability
Immediate Access
Submission Type
dissertation
Degree Name
PhD
Department
Clinical Psychology
School
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Committee Chair
Leswin Laubscher
Committee Member
Michael Sipiora
Committee Member
Bruce Fink
Keywords
Chinese psychology, Critical psychology, Cross-cultural psychology, Cultural psychology, Indigenous psychology, Taiwanese psychology
Abstract
This project is part of the historical struggle of the indigenous psychology movement in Taiwan. It turns a critical gaze back upon the movement itself in order to decolonize it from colonial cultural imaginary. The contribution of this project is two-fold. First, on the theoretical level, it introduces a critical perspective into the growing body of indigenous psychological research. The indigenous psychology movement risks repeating the vicious cycle of colonization and re-colonization without critically looking back at its own historical trajectory. Second, on the level of intervention, writing the history of the indigenous psychology movement will make this project a crucial first step toward relieving Taiwanese psychologists from the cultural aphasia resulting from the traumatic encounter between two worlds.
Format
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Peng, R. (2012). Decolonizing Psychic Space: Remembering the Indigenous Psychology Movement in Taiwan (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1036