Description
Questioning Vygotsky's Legacy
Scientific Psychology or Heroic Cult
Coordinator: Yasnitsky Anton
Language: EnglishSubject for Questioning Vygotsky's Legacy:
Keywords
Marxist Psychology; Clay Spinuzzi; Soviet Psychology; Eli Lamdan; Cultural Historical Theory; Cultural Historical Psychology; Peter E; Jones; Vygotsky’s Cultural Historical Theory; Peter Keiler; Higher Psychological Functions; Ruihan Zhang; Cultural Historical School; Instrumental Psychology; Vygotsky Luria Circle; Semantic Reaction; Young Man; Cultural Historical Conception; Common Language; Vygotsky’s Legacy; Concrete Psychology; Luria’s Studies; Transformative Activist Stance; Ninth International Congress; Vygotsky’s Work; Psychological Tools; Vygotsky’s Psychology; Cultural Historical Development; Mental Development; Interacting Activity Systems; Animal Kingdom
Publication date: 07-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 07-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Description
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This accessible collection of essays critically examines Vygotsky?s scientific legacy. The book is solidly grounded in the "revisionist revolution" context and encourages constructive questioning of Vygotsky?s theory of human development. It tackles thought-provoking issues such as the true value of his scholarship, the possible falsification of his scientific legacy, and the role of political factors and the Communist parties in the worldwide dissemination of his work. It is essential reading on Vygotskian psychology and of interest to students and researchers in developmental psychology, history of psychology, history of science, Soviet/Russian history, philosophical science and education.
1. Vygotsky's Psychology of Superman: From Utopia to Concrete Science Anton Yasnitsky 2. Vygotsky and Marx – Re-Setting the Relationship Peter E. Jones 3. Rethinking Vygotsky: A Critical Reading of the Semiotics in Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical Theory Ruihan Zhang 4. Vygotsky's "Significant Other": Alexander Luria's Contribution to the Development of Vygotsky's Ideas Eli Lamdan 5. A History of the Social Construction of the "Cultural-Historical": Theory and School Peter Keiler 6. From Superhumans to Supermediators: Locating the Extraordinary in CHAT Clay Spinuzzi 7. On Vygotsky’s International Celebration, Or How to Critically Appropriate Authors from the Past Luciano Nicolás García
Anton Yasnitsky, Ph.D., is an independent researcher who specializes in the Vygotsky–Luria Circle. He is the author of Vygotsky: An Intellectual Biography (2018) and has coedited (with René Van der Veer and others) The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology (2014), Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies (2015), and Vygotski revisitado: una historia crítica de su contexto y legado (2016).