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Indigenous Psychology as Religious: Slavic Understanding of Human Psycho-Sexual Development

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Indigenous Psychology of Spirituality

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In this chapter we will present the knowledge and beliefs of the early, pre-Christian Slavs about sexuality and psycho-sexual development of a human being, and discuss some behavioral aspects of their sexual life such as rituals. The Slavic vision of human sexuality will be explored in two distinct areas: the specificity of Slavic sexuality—polygamy, extramarital sex perceived as a desirable activity, etc., and the reconstruction of the psycho-sexual developmental model (six stages) based on Slavic rites of passage. We will analyse the naturalistic/biocentric approach to human life, reproduction as the main human task during their lifetime, and the crucial meaning of women in Slavic metaphysics of sexuality.

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  1. Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Pankalla

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Pankalla, A., Kośnik, K. (2021). Indigenous Psychology as Religious: Slavic Understanding of Human Psycho-Sexual Development. In: Dueck, A. (eds) Indigenous Psychology of Spirituality. Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50869-2_8

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