Psychology and Social Responsibility

Facing Global Challenges

By: Sylvia Staub (Editor), Paula Green (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 July 1992

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With every passing year mankind'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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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction: Toward a Socially Responsible Psychology	p. 3
From a Genocidal Mentality to a Species Mentality	p. 17
Planetary Perils and Psychological Responses: Despair and Empowerment Work	p. 30
Psychology and Human Survival: Psychological Approaches to Contemporary Global Threats	p. 59
The Origins of Aggression and the Creation of Positive Relations among Groups	p. 89
Conflict, Negotiation, and Peace: Psychological Perspectives and Roles	p. 121
The Psychology of Enemy Images	p. 145
Integrating Political-Societal Concerns in Psychotherapy	p. 165
Family Therapy, Systems Theory, and Nuclear Issues	p. 182
Powerlessness, Politics, and Prevention: The Community Mental Health Approach	p. 201
Mental Health Practice in a Global Context	p. 221
Inventing a Psychology of Our Relationship to the Earth	p. 237
Solving Environmental Problems: A Behavior Change Perspective	p. 248
Women and Peacemaking: The Importance of Relationships	p. 271
A Family Says No to Violence: Personal Empowerment through Nonviolent Civil Disobedience	p. 290
People's Reactions to Nuclear War: Implications for Psychologists	p. 305
Understanding the Psychology of Global Activism	p. 327
Teaching Social Responsibility in the Schools	p. 345
Psychological Contributions to Education for Social Responsibility	p. 366
Intergenerational Dialogue about Global Concerns	p. 381
Toward a Psychology for Our Time	p. 399
Appendix A Selected Resources	p. 414
Appendix B The Seville Statement on Violence	p. 418
Name Index	p. 423
Subject Index	p. 427
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