MASC 4330 Critical, Liberation, and Indigenous/Chicano Psychologies
This course will focus on the review of critical theories that simulated the rise of European and North American critical psychologies and Latin American Liberation psychology, for example, Marxism, feminism, poststructuralism and postcolonialism. These approaches led to arguments within psychology aiming to correct for mainstream scientific psychology's individualism, sexism, essentialism, reductionism, and ideological collusion with the status quo. After reviewing these critiques, the seminar will address implications for rethinking psychological practices in the human services and community development.