The Vygotsky Reader - Hardcover
This volume aims to provide the reader with an overview of Vygotsky's work based on authoritative translations of the original sources. The volume covers the various areas in which Vygotsky worked, such as education, psychiatry, defectology, paedology and psychology. It also highlights little-known facets of his work (such as his anti-fascist and pro-socialist writings) and provides the reader with material that has never been translated into English before. Each translation is briefly introduced and provided with notes that facilitate reading and explain its historical context. As the volume requires no preparatory reading it can be used both as an independent single-volume introduction to Vygotsky's work and as a companion to the theoretical and historical analysis of Vygotsky's work presented in Van der Veer and Valsiner's "Understanding Vygotsky" (published by Blackwell in 1991 and now available in paperback).
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Until quite recently, Vygotsky's work was known only to a small circle of Western psychologists, but he has rapidly emerged as one of the major theorists of the twentieth century. This new volume aims to provide students and scholars alike with a lively introduction to Vygotsky's work based on authoritative translations of the original sources.
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The volume covers the various areas in which Vygotsky worked, including education, psychology, paedology, psychiatry and defectology. Papers have been selected to give a representative overview of Vygotsky's multifaceted work during difficult periods. The volume also highlights little-known facets of his work, such as his anti-fascist and pro-socialist writings and provides the reader with a number of pieces that appear in English for the first time.
The editors provide a brief introduction and notes for each translation to facilitate reading and place each piece in its historical context. As the volume requires no preparatory reading it can be used both as an introduction to the key ideas in Vygotsky's work, and as a companion to the theoretical and historical analysis presented in van der Veer and Vlasiner's Understanding Vygotsky.
René van de Veer is Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Leiden.
Jaan Valsiner is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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- PublisherBlackwell Pub
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0631188967
- ISBN 13 9780631188964
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages378
- EditorValsiner Jaan
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