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Scratching the Surface: Internationalization, Cultural Diversity and the Politics of Recognition
Author(s) -
Arfken Michael
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
social and personality psychology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 1751-9004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00440.x
Subject(s) - internationalization , ethnocentrism , universalism , multiculturalism , globalization , politics , sociology , diversity (politics) , focus (optics) , political science , epistemology , social science , social psychology , psychology , law , economics , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , optics , anthropology , microeconomics
Within recent years a number of scholars have called on the discipline of psychology to expand beyond the confines of Western society in an effort to address a range of issues in an increasingly interconnected and multicultural world. While scholars interested in the internationalization of psychology have addressed both organizational and representational issues surrounding the development of a global psychology, there has been relatively little effort to understand the theoretical dimensions of internationalization. To the extent that contextualist challenges to universalism focus exclusively on ethnocentrism, these challenges fail to adequately interrogate the economic foundations of internationalization and globalization. Ultimately, a politics of recognition must be balanced with a renewed focus on the redistributive dimensions of social justice.