The Vygotsky reader
By: edited by René van der Veer and Jaan Valsiner.
Contributors: Veer, René van der, 1952-; Valsiner, Jaan.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Psychology.
Description: This 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated by Theresa Prout and René van der Veer.