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“Belonging” as a Theoretical Framework for the Study of Psychology and Globalization
Author(s) -
Carolissen Ronelle
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2012.01767.x
Subject(s) - globalization , transformative learning , context (archaeology) , sociology , citizenship , social science , epistemology , psychology , social psychology , environmental ethics , political science , pedagogy , law , politics , philosophy , paleontology , biology
This article argues that given the pernicious ways in which processes of globalization may be counter‐transformative for psychology as a discipline, it is important to consider which preventative mechanisms could be employed to engage psychological understandings of globalization in socially just and transformative ways. The notion of “belonging” as theoretical framework for the study of globalization in psychology will be discussed in the context of citizenship and globalization. I suggest that if psychology wishes to contribute to a transforming psychology of globalization, its discursive construction needs to be examined, we should teach for transformation, and research agendas will need to engage in intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary projects and dialogues.