BOOK SUMMARY OF PERSPECTIVES ON INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGY
Perspectives on Indigenous Psychology is an effort to bring into focus the
context, contents and relevance of the move towards indigenous psychology in
India. This volume offers a critical appreciation f the changing contexts of
"science" and places, the discipline of psychology in the emerging interpretive
framework of human sciences. The contributions make an effort to explore the
potentials of indigenous notions in the areas like self understanding, health
and well-being, happiness, stress, personality, emotions and skill development.
The relevance of culture and ideology to the development of the discipline is
also critically examined and assessment of indigenization of