Critical and Cultural Psychology in India: An Overview

Abstract

The impact of culture on the formation of the sense of identity of an individual is sufficiently researched and disseminated over time. Critical cultural psychology as an area of focus emphasizes the need to acknowledge the multitude of factors that encapsulate the experience of being from a socially sensitive perspective. The self, in the Indian notion, isn’t just based on human biology but exists as an entity that is intimately connected to its surrounding, the social landscape which nurtures the identity of the psyche. One isn’t just taught adherence to the norms surrounding gender, caste, or order in an anthropological way but is taught pre-verbally as a knowledge feeling. In this empirical experience, the models are internalized by unconsciously mimicking what has been registered by living in a society with a set of standards and introjecting it into our personal systems. This paper is a theoretical review and aims to articulate the importance and the need for critical and cultural psychology in India.