Mind in Society

Name: Mind in Society
Brand: Unknown
SKU: 9780674576292
Price: 63.99 NZD
Availability: OutOfStock

Development of Higher Psychological Processes

By L. S. Vygotsky

0.0 (0 reviews)

4.18

( 1,160 ratings, 75 reviews)

Summary

Mind in Society presents a definitive selection of important essays by the pioneering Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky, previously unavailable in English. The work outlines Vygotsky's dialectical-materialist theory of cognitive development, emphasising the integral role of society in shaping the mind. Through exploring tools and symbolic language, he shows how society provides technology that shapes individual mental processes, applying this framework to perception, attention, memory, language, and play, with profound implications for education.
Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK Please add to wishlist to be notified when back in stock

Sorry, we're currently out of stock of Mind in Society. Please add to your Wishlist and we'll send you an email as soon as it's back in stock.

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

Ideal for students and scholars of developmental psychology, philosophy, education, and social sciences seeking a foundational and nuanced understanding of Vygotsky's theories. It will also benefit readers interested in cognitive development and the social origins of mind.

The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society corrects much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky's important essays.

Vygotsky was a genius. After more than a half a century in science I am unable to name another person who even approaches his incredible analytic ability and foresight. All of my work has been no more than the working out of the psychological theory which he constructed. -- A. R. Luria

Description

The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognised as a pioneer in developmental psychology. However, somewhat ironically, his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society should correct much of this misunderstanding.

Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky's important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English.

The Vygotsky who emerges from these pages can no longer be glibly included among the neobehaviourists. In these essays, he outlines a dialectical-materialist theory of cognitive development that anticipates much recent work in American social science. Vygotsky argues that the mind cannot be understood in isolation from the surrounding society.

Man is the only animal who uses tools to alter his own inner world as well as the world around him. From the handkerchief knotted as a simple mnemonic device to the complexities of symbolic language, society provides the individual with technology that can be used to shape the private processes of mind.

In Mind in Society, Vygotsky applies this theoretical framework to the development of perception, attention, memory, language, and play, and he examines its implications for education. The result is a remarkably interesting book that is bound to renew Vygotsky's relevance to modern psychological thought.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Praised as an "intellectual excitement" by Kevin Connolly of Nature, the book is lauded for its breadth and insight. It is noted for bringing together key theoretical essays, many unpublished previously, with authoritative collaboration from A. R. Luria. The collection provides essential context for understanding Vygotsky's contributions beyond his studies on thought and language, clarifying his relation to contemporaries and successors in Western thought.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674576292

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 1980

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: 2 halftones, 4 line illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Sylvia Scribner
Edited by Ellen Souberman
Edited by Michael Cole
Edited by Vera John-Steiner
Edited by Sylvia Scribner
Edited by Ellen Souberman
Edited by Michael Cole
Edited by Vera John-Steiner
Edited by Sylvia Scribner
Edited by Ellen Souberman

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 176

Collections

Education & Reference L. S. Vygotsky Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology

About the Author

L. S. Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist, the founder of an original holistic theory of human cultural and biosocial development commonly referred to as cultural-historical psychology, and leader of the Vygotsky Circle. Michael Cole is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition at the University of California, San Diego.