What's wrong with Western Psychology and how to Fix It. Part 1.

PART.1 Decolonizing Psychology: The impasses of Western Psychology and Finding New Paths

Join clinical psychologist Benjamin Schoendorff in the first episode of this groundbreaking series as he challenges the deep-seated assumptions of Western psychology.
Explore how Western civilization has monopolized and distorted the roots of psychological and scientific progress.
Discover the intricate relationship between mind and matter, the influence of colonialism on psychological theories, and the critical flaws in dualism, reductionist materialism, and psychoanalysis.
Learn how the ideas of Marx and dialectical materialism pave the way for a scientific account of human consciousness, and prepare to embark on a journey to evolve a new scientific liberation psychology.

This episode sets the stage for a radical rethinking of psychology that aims to liberate minds from the ideological grips of the Western white empire.

00:00 Introduction: Challenging Western Assumptions
01:16 Meet Benjamin Schoendorff: A Mission for Liberation
02:03 The Theft and Erasure by Western Civilization
03:07 Reevaluating Western Psychology and Philosophy
10:13 The Problem of Dualism in Western Thought
13:15 Science vs. Religion: A Naive View of Science
15:14 Criteria for a Progressive Psychological Science
18:52 Descartes and the Dualism Dilemma
21:50 The Flaws of Reductionist Materialism
24:07 Freud and the Controversies of Psychoanalysis
26:58 The Rise and Critique of Psychoanalysis
28:13 Freud's Colonial Mindset
29:52 Spinozist Psychoanalysis: New But Flawed
36:48 Fanon's Decolonial Critique
43:59 Hegel and the Dialectics of Change
47:00 Marx's Dialectical Materialism: A New Direction for Psychology
52:00 Conclusion: Towards a Scientific Liberation Psychology