Cultural Psychology Racism And Social Justice Carl Ratner by Carl Ratner 9783031145780, 303114578X instant download after payment.

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.