ABSTRACT
This book has sought to articulate the theoretical and methodological principles of macro cultural psychology. This focus on principles has been guided by the belief that the more deeply we understand basic principles, the better we can evaluate and pursue them for greater gain. Accordingly, we have continually moved from factual details to broader phenomena and relationships, and from there to even broader principles. We have treated facts about culture and psychology as stemming from the nature of such as social institutions, cultural concepts, artifacts, and psychological phenomena, and the relationships among these cultural factors. For instance, we have identified ways that social institutions, cultural concepts, and artifacts induce and structure psychological phenomena. These relationships, in turn, stem from broader principles such as functionalism and dialectics. This pyramidal system comprises macro cultural psychology.
