Drawing from diverse disciplines—including theology, decolonial thought, Marxism, existentialism, and critical pedagogy—it is a profoundly interdisciplinary field with significant political and ethical implications.
Theologians such as Gustavo Gutiérrez and Leonardo Boff emphasized a "preferential option for the poor," connecting faith with social justice and structural transformation.
The central concepts of liberation psychology include: awareness; critical realism; de-ideologized reality; a coherently social orientation; the preferential option for the oppressed majorities, and methodological eclecticism.
By foregrounding the struggles of colonized peoples, women, indigenous communities, and the working class, it critiques dominant paradigms that reinforce systemic inequality.
[14] Inspired by Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony, liberation philosophy examines how dominant ideologies shape societal norms, often perpetuating inequality.