INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES - ASIAN PERSPECTIVES

Authors
Citation
Dyf. Ho, INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES - ASIAN PERSPECTIVES, Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 29(1), 1998, pp. 88-103
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
ISSN journal
00220221
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
88 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0221(1998)29:1<88:IP-AP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
To clarify the arguments for and against indigenization, the author co nstructs a metatheory of cross-cultural comparisons between theories, theorists, and cultures. This metatheory makes clear that cross-cultur al psychology encompasses both indigenous and exotic theories; accordi ngly, indigenous psychologies may be regarded as a subdomain of cross- cultural psychology. The case for indigenization rests on acknowledgin g a critical point: The conceptualization of psychological phenomena i s a psychological phenomenon in itself and is, therefore, subject to i nvestigation. Illustrations are provided on how indigenous theorizing derived from Filipino and Confucian heritage cultures makes a conceptu al and methodological contribution. To go beyond indigenization, metho dological relationalism is explicated as a conceptual framework origin ating from Asia toward the realization of a universal psychology.