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Consciousness-in-Action: Toward an Integral Psychology of Liberation & Transformation

Consciousness-in-Action: Toward an Integral Psychology of Liberation & TransformationConsciousness-in-Action: Toward an Integral Psychology of Liberation & Transformation (book)

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Consciousness-in-Action describes an approach to personal and social change in the context of oppression—society’s major hindrance to well-being and development. Drawing from psychology, sociology, social and integral theories, and over thirty years of contemplative practice and community work, this book proposes an integral framework for human well-being and development, a psychosocial analysis of the impact of identity-based power, and a liberatory-transformative praxis for transcending internalized superiority and inferiority rooted in racism, sexism, Eurocentrism, classism, and other forms of institutional oppression. This book offers an alternative to prevailing fragmented approaches to change. In so doing, it emphasizes the impact of multiple, simultaneous oppressions on the integral development of persons, communities and societies, while it also asserts the vital role of social identity development and other psycho-spiritual developmental processes on the path to liberation and transformation.

“This is a unique book in its integrative, liberating, and transformative potential. The author does an exquisite job of synergizing personal, spiritual, communal, and social development. Transcending polarities and binaries, he offers us invigorating ways of working with individuals and communities to realize our human and collective potential. By using visual maps and engaging the reader in multiple ways, the author succeeds in connecting with readers passionately and reasonably.” — Isaac Prilleltensky, PhD Dean, School of Education, University of Miami Co-Editor, Critical Psychology and Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-being ••••••••• “Raúl Quiñones-Rosado’s new book…makes an important contribution to integral studies; he describes new ways for understanding group and self identity; he opens new ways for transmuting the processes of fear, oppression and victim-hood into liberation and transformation; he creates a unique synthesis between [Wilber’s all-quadrant, all-level] AQAL model and the Native American medicine wheel; and he creates a processural system that overlays and resonates with both models. Consciousness-in-Action is a useful and purposeful manual for people interested in social activism at any level. It is also a wonderful personal narrative, giving us an insight into a caring, thoughtful, and hard-working integrated person. It is a great example for how integral writers can expand the existing models into process versions, into infinite riches of discourse.” — Bonnitta Roy Associate Editor, Integral Review Journal ••••••••• Author Raúl Quiñones Rosado, PhD, works within various communities-of-struggle in Puerto Rico and the United States to support those committed to personal change and social transformation. Co-founder and former co-director of ilé, inc., he currently teaches, guides and trains others in the principles and practices of consciousness-in-action.
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Raúl Quiñones Rosado PhD

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PMB #117, 200 Ave. Rafael Cordero, Suite 140
Caguas
00725
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