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This essay honors the life and work of Professor Kuo-shu Yang by addressing three questions: (1) What are the differences, if any, between cultural psychology and indigenous psychology?; (2) What is the role of reason in cultural interpretation?; and (3) Do the indigenous psychologies of different peoples have psychological relevance and applications beyond their points of origin; or, in other words, might an indigenous psychology with a “Chinese soul” illuminate the “soul” (and “mentalities”) of members of non-Chinese populations, and vice versa?
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Shweder, R.A. (2020). The Role of Reason in Cultural Interpretation: Some Talmudic Distinctions for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology. In: Sundararajan, L., Hwang, KK., Yeh, KH. (eds) Global Psychology from Indigenous Perspectives. Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35125-0_6
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