Linda James Myers

Transpersonal Psychology: The Role of the Afrocentric Paradigm

Journal of Black Psychology August 1, 1985 Linda James Myers 59 citations

Conspicuously absent in the literature of transpersonal psy chology in its search for a paradigm is an exploration of traditional African culture and world view. Such a legacy of omission from philosophical and psychological endeavors is common. This is due to the fact that until recently African culture has been so badly misunderstood because of the imposition of alien world view in its...