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Vygotsky and the social formation of mind / James V. Wertsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wertsch, James V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognition--Social aspects.
- Cognition.
- Psycholinguistics--Social aspects.
- Psycholinguistics.
- Semiotics--Social aspects.
- Semiotics.
- Vygotskiĭ, L. S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934.
- Vygotskiĭ, L. S.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a book of intellectual breadth, James Wertsch not only offers a synthesis and critique of all Vygotsky's major ideas, but also presents a program for using Vygotskian theory as a guide to contemporary research in the social sciences and humanities.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. Vygotsky: The Man and His Theory
- 2. Vygotsky's Genetic Method
- 3. The Social Origins of Higher Mental Functions
- 4. Vygotsky's Semiotic Analysis
- 5. Extending Vygotsky's Semiotic Analysis: Propositional and Discourse Referentiality
- 6. Semiotic Mechanisms in Vygotsky's Genetic Law of Cultural Development
- 7. Units of Psychological Functioning: Consciousness, Word Meaning, and Action
- 8. Mind and Society
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliography and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-04509-2
- OCLC:
- 923116629
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