Author: carmenalbarran
Alan Roland’s “Cultural Pluralism and Psychoanalysis: The Asian and North American Experience” Provides Creative Insights Regarding European/North American Culture of Individualism When Applied From Asian Cultures
Cultural Pluralism and Psychoanalysis: The Asian and North American Experience turns focus to the intricate interface between South and East Asians and Euro-Americans. He establishes the groundbreaking work for this study by first presenting how Western psychology and psychoanalysis are specifically rooted in the modern Western culture of individualism (e.g. the experiential self in the West is an I-self in contrast to the Asian we-self).
Roland discusses the cultural/psychological misunderstandings, discrepancies, and confusion between both South and East Asians and Euro-Americans. A bi-cultural self develops in Asian Americans that can generate substantial internal turmoil in the immigrant ... Read more