CHI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Liberation Theology, Psychological Science, Neocolonialism

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Chicano Studies
• Course: CHI 120
• Professor: Yvette G. Flores

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Franz fanon (cid:862) o, (cid:272)o(cid:373)rades, let us (cid:374)ot pa(cid:455) tri(cid:271)ute to europe (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)reati(cid:374)g states, i(cid:374)stitutions and societies which draw their inspiration from her. Humanity is waiting for something other from us than such an imitation, which would be almost an obscene caricature. But if we want humanity to advance a step farther, if we want to bring it up to a different level than that which europe has shown it, then we must invent and we must make discoveries. For europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new [hu]man. (fanon, 1961/1965, p. 316) Decolonizing psychological science (cid:862)fra(cid:374)z fa(cid:374)o(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1010)(cid:1005)/(cid:1005)9(cid:1010)(cid:1009)(cid:895) famously challenged researchers and practitioners with the critical task of decolonizing mainstream intellectual production as a crucial step toward broader decolonization and global revolution.