{"product_id":"mind-in-society-by-l-s-vygotsky-9780674576292","title":"Mind in Society","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cem\u003eMind in Society\u003c\/em\u003e should correct much of this misunderstanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMind in Society\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597021659372,"sku":"9780674576292","price":63.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674576292-mind-in-society.jpg?v=1777946113","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/mind-in-society-by-l-s-vygotsky-9780674576292","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}