Social backwardness

This attempt is systematically based on observation and psycho-social analysis of lived phenomena. It falls within the framework of clinical social psychology, which studies psycho-social phenomena in a clinical manner, and it may raise some doubts about the certainty of its results, given that it does not rely on specific field or experimental research. It is clear and without doubt that the goal of this attempt is not to reach final results, as that requires long-term research. What it aims for is to write a kind of introduction to the psychology of underdevelopment, and its very rich contribution with results that complement social and economic studies of this phenomenon. The fundamental value of this attempt is to present a psychological methodology for studying the underdeveloped human being, with all his existential characteristics. This methodology clearly shows that this existence is cohesive in its phenomena despite their diversity and dispersion, and it is organized within a dynamic structure, which is the situation of the oppressed human being. This attempt, despite its shortcomings, aspires to open the way for field psychological research that seeks to understand the underdeveloped human being in terms of his nature, specificity, and condition, in a lively and realistic manner, to serve as the foundation of the science of the psychology of underdevelopment. Only then can we finally put an end to imposing theoretical molds and objective explanations of the human of the industrialized world, which led to hasty generalizations that deviated from their cognitive purpose, due to the danger of concealing and erasing the true reality. This attempt will have achieved its goal if its data can take on the form of practical hypotheses that enable field research with sufficient accuracy and depth to understand the reality of our Arab human being.