Realidades dadas en Colombia: un llamado urgente a la psicología de la liberación

The socio-political crisis that Colombia has been going through for decades has made psychology an enormous task, namely: to think about the role it plays in the midst of these realities given in the country and in the contribution it has made and could make for its transformation. Starting from the...

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Main Author: Barrera Machado, Daniela
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6110077
Source:Kavilando, ISSN 2027-2391, Vol. 9, Nº. 1, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Reinventando los caminos de Paulo Freire), pags. 229-242
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Summary: The socio-political crisis that Colombia has been going through for decades has made psychology an enormous task, namely: to think about the role it plays in the midst of these realities given in the country and in the contribution it has made and could make for its transformation. Starting from the proposals of Ignacio Martín-Baró and Edgar Barrero Cuellar, this article tries to reflect on the psychology that Colombia needs, a psychology of the liberation that makes a decided commitment by a critical perspective and emancipating; Which implies transcending its authoritarian epistemology, constructing theory from and for the people and deploying a transformative praxis that takes on three important tasks: to recover the historical memory, to deideologize the common sense and to promote the popular virtues.