Psychology and Social Responsibility: Facing Global Challenges

Staub, Sylvia;Green, Paula

ISBN 10: 0814779417 / ISBN 13: 9780814779415

Published by New York Univ Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1992

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Minimal cover wear. Signed by author on half-title pg. Nice, clean, tight, unmarked copy. With every passing year humankind's role as its own worst enemy increases and the global population seems to be racing ever forward toward increasing harm and self-extinction. We are currently facing the threat of armed conflict, or ecological crises, of uncontrolled population, of economic collapse - problems that are all created by human beings. Our current problems are no longer the issue of one government against another, or one population suffering its own particular fate. They are increasingly interrelated, taking on global significance. Starting from the premise that the major threats against human survival today are caused by human behaviour, "Psychology and Social Responsibility: Facing Global Challenges" explores how we can act to assure our common survival. Intended as a call to action for the creation of a "socially responsible" psychology, this book brings attention to the psychological forces and processes that we now know contribute to the creation of our major social and global problems. The challenge then lies in identifying the root causes and discovering ways of controlling and ameliorating them through education, clinical practice and activism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Psychology and Social Responsibility: Facing Global Challenges
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814779417
• ISBN 13: 9780814779415
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author!
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychotherapy/Psychology

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Synopsis

This book brings together for the first time many if the leading writers and thinkers from the psychological and mental health fields. Contributes include Robert Jay Lifton, Joanna Macy, Roger Walsh and others.

About the Authors

Sylvia Staub, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Amherst Massachusetts. She is a co-founder of the Western Massachusetts chapter of Psychologists for Social Responsibility and is committed to exploring the connections between psychological theory and practice in the context of global society.

Paula Green is Associate Professor in counseling psychology at Antioch New England Graduate School and maintains a clinical practice. she is currently on the National council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists and is director of Karuna Center , which offers workshops in communication, reconciliation, and peacemaking.