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17%OFFIgnacio Martin-Baro - Writings for a Liberation Psychology - 9780674962477 - V9780674962477
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Writings for a Liberation Psychology

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Description for Writings for a Liberation Psychology Paperback. This collection of the writings of Ignacio Martin-Baro clarifies his importance in Latin American psychology and social theory. It introduces the questions and concerns that shaped his thinking and led to his passionate fight against oppression in El Salvador, resulting in his early death. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; DNF; JMH; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
In your country, Ignacio Martin-Baro remarked to a North American colleague, it's publish or perish. In ours, it's publish and perish. In November 1989 a Salvadoran death squad extinguished his eloquent voice, raised so often and so passionately against oppression in his adopted country. A Spanish-born Jesuit priest trained in psychology at the University of Chicago, Martin-Baro devoted much of his career to making psychology speak to the community as well as to the individual. This collection of his writings, the first in English translation, clarifies Martin-Baro's importance in Latin American psychology and reveals a major ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674962477
SKU
V9780674962477
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About Ignacio Martin-Baro
Adrianne Aron is a member of the Committee for Health Rights in Central America. Shawn Corne is a member of the Committee for Health Rights in Central America. Elliot G. Mishler is Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Reviews for Writings for a Liberation Psychology
These essays touch on religion as a tool of ideology, the meaning of work and the way in which reality becomes fragmented in a politically repressed society...Those who worked to bring forth these essays have added a measure of justice to his life.
Richard Higgins Boston Globe Martin-Baro's essays are...characterized by a concreteness and a passion for justice, and ... Read more

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