This volume presents psychobiographical research in non-WEIRD¿Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic¿contexts and samples, focusing on culture, transcultural and transdisciplinary work. It creates a platform for researchers, scholars and scientists from diverse backgrounds to put forth new theoretical and methodological stances in psychobiography, thereby making the field more inclusive, diverse and equitable. The chapters in this volume investigate the role of context across the life course of non-WEIRD psychological subjects, as well as the interplay between them and their environments across the life span. They further elucidate cognitive, affective and behavioural aspects of individuals with non-WEIRD backgrounds.The volume provides a broad and at the same time in-depth perspective into psychobiography beyond the usual contexts and therefore has new and original learnings to offer across disciplines and cultures. It is a breakthrough in terms ofits transcultural and transdisciplinary insights into lives lived in different contexts in the world."Every person is in certain respects (a) like all other persons, (b) like some other persons, (c) like no other persons. This book is a challenging and fascinating exploration of extending psychobiography beyond its origins in Europe and America to women and men of different races and social and economic classes from Africa, Asia, and around the world. At its best, psychobiography can increase people's awareness of their own subjective experience and that of others, contributing to movements for social, cultural and political change."William McKinley Runyan, Professor Emeritus & Professor of the Graduate School, School of Social Welfare, U. of California BerkeleyBeyond Weird is beyond needed. The book triumphantly fills the gap created by a dearth of studies of people other than Western, educated, European and American men.James William Anderson, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago.

Focuses on psychobiography of extraordinary non-WEIRD individuals

Editorial: Psychobiography beyond WEIRD?.- Part I African and Asian Contexts.- Defying the odds: A psychobiographical study of Nonkuleleko Gobodo's career development.- The Career Development of Albertina Sisulu.- Zenzile Miriam Makeba: A Psychobiography of 'Mama Africa' from an Integrated African Psychology Perspective.- Tragic Optimism: A psychobiography of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.- The Moral Development of Albertina Sisulu through Classic, Feminist and Indigenous Southern African Lenses.- Graça Simbine Machel: A Psychobiography of an Ultra-Committed Change-Maker and Global Woman Activist.- Psychobiography of Chinese Celebrities: Body Language, Adult Observation and Learning History.- Part II European Contexts.- "Impressionen unter Druck": A Psychobiography of Leni Riefenstahl.- Socrates and Jesus: Between the Honour-Shame Cultural Code and the Twardowski School.- Looking on Darkness which the Blind Do See: Psychobiography from a Social Perspective.- The Pedagogical Value of Psychobiography as Illustrated by an Examination of Eriksonian Psychosocial Development in the Life of Flora Tristan.- Part III American Contexts.- Oprah Gail Winfrey in psychobiographical perspectives: Meaning in Life in Existential and African Philosophy.- In Search of a Calling: A Careerography of James Baldwin.- "Water the Plants, Not the Weeds": A Narrative Identity Study of Black Resilience in the Aftermath of the Great Migration.- Part IV Comparative Psychobiographical Perspectives.- The Founders: Comparing Democracies in India and the US through Cultural Biographies.- Angela Merkel and Graça Machel: The Comparative Heroine's Journeys of Two Women Leaders beyond WEIRD.- From Billie Jean King to Naomi Osaka - One-Half Century of Promoting Social Justice through Women's Tennis: A Multiple-Case Psychobiographical Profile.- Part V Theoretical and Reflective Contemporary Perspectives and Future.- My Psychoanalytic Psychobiography and Methodology.- Epilogue: Reflections on the Futures ofPsychobiography.