Tomicic Ana, Berardi Filomena
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2018 Mar;52(1):152-175. doi: 10.1007/s12124-017-9407-5.
If one of the major aspirations of postcolonial theory is to re-establish a balance in the relationship between the (former) colonizer and the colonized by engaging the voices of the "subaltern", and on the other hand to illuminate how power relations of the present are embedded in history (Mills 2007), we argue that important theoretical insights might inform research by anchoring post-colonial theory within a sociopsychological framework. While there is a growing corpus of sociopsychological research articles focusing on how major geopolitical events and historical processes bear on people's lives, we aim to investigate the theoretical potential of postcolonial theory within the disciplines aiming at a sociopsychological approach. By focusing on the social dynamics of power imbalances, post-colonial theory finds its operational meaning: the feelings stemming from actions committed in the past are indeed crucial in determining reparatory attitudes and policies towards members of former colonized groups. Firstly, drawing from the sociopsychological scientific production related to consequences of colonial past, seen in recent years as a growing research interest in the field, we will explore patterns and trends through a thematic analysis of literature. Social Psychology as well as adjacent disciplines can greatly benefit from this theoretical fertilization, especially in the way post-colonial ideologies relate to the symbolic promotion versus exclusion of indigenous culture (Sengupta et al., International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(4), 506-517, 2012). Furthermore, by comparing and contrasting the ideological cosmologies relating to this particular topic, this study aims to establish the state of knowledge in the field, to identify how research methods and thematic fields are paired, to find "gaps" and create spaces for research that become integrative of postcolonial theory. While focusing on academic production, we also hope to contribute to develop the idea of cosmopolitism within academia but also beyond academic doors.
如果后殖民理论的一个主要愿望是通过引入“底层群体”的声音来重新建立（前）殖民者与被殖民者之间关系的平衡，并且另一方面阐明当下的权力关系是如何植根于历史之中的（米尔斯，2007年），那么我们认为，通过将后殖民理论置于社会心理学框架内，可以为研究提供重要的理论见解。虽然越来越多的社会心理学研究文章关注重大地缘政治事件和历史进程如何影响人们的生活，但我们旨在探讨后殖民理论在旨在采用社会心理学方法的学科中的理论潜力。通过关注权力失衡的社会动态，后殖民理论找到了其实际意义：过去行为所产生的情感确实对于确定对前被殖民群体成员的赔偿态度和政策至关重要。首先，借鉴近年来该领域研究兴趣日益浓厚的与殖民历史后果相关的社会心理学研究成果，我们将通过对文献的主题分析来探索模式和趋势。社会心理学以及相邻学科可以从这种理论滋养中受益匪浅，尤其是在后殖民意识形态与本土文化的象征性推广与排斥之间的关系方面（森古普塔等人，《跨文化关系国际期刊》，第36卷第4期，第506 - 517页，2012年）。此外，通过比较和对比与这一特定主题相关的意识形态宇宙观，本研究旨在确定该领域的知识现状，识别研究方法与主题领域的配对方式，找到“空白”之处，并为整合后殖民理论的研究创造空间。在关注学术成果的同时，我们也希望为在学术界乃至学术界之外发展世界主义理念做出贡献。
