Vygotsky: An Intellectual Biography

ISBN-13: 9781138806733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 152 str.

Anton Yasnitsky

Opis

This intellectual biography offers a fundamentally novel account of the life and times of Lev Vygotsky, who has long been considered a pioneer in the field of learning and human development. The diverse Vygotskian literature has created many distinct images of this influential scientist, which has led many researchers to attempt to unearth the real Vygotsky . Rather than join this quest to over-simplify Vygotsky s legacy, this book attempts to understand the development of the multiple Vygotksies by exploring a number of personae that Vygotsky assumed at different periods of his life.

Based on the most recent archival, textological and historical investigations in original, uncensored Russian, the authors present a ground-breaking account that is far from the shiny success story that is typically associated with the cult of Vygotsky .

Vygotsky s theories of learning and human development have been widely disseminated, but new evidence suggests that Vygotsky became increasingly critical of his own ideas and had never planned to publish his manuscripts. Shortly before his death he attempted to destroy what he had created, but in the remaining time of his life he failed to create something new, coherent and theoretically solid in its place. However, in this book, the authors suggest that his final work is the most interesting and promising line of Vygotskian research -- considerably influenced by German-American Gestalt psychology -- that, as unfinished and fragmentary as it is, remains of relevance to and importance for contemporary psychological theory.

This book will be an essential contribution to Vygotskian scholarship and of interest to advanced students and researchers in history of psychology, history of science, Soviet/Russian history, philosophical psychology and philosophy of science."

Recenzje

"This is the first thorough coverage of the life and work of this Russian-Jewish scholar since my work with René van der Veer over twenty-five years ago (Understanding Vygotsky, 1991). Vygotsky’s psychological theories, based on his deep feelings on theatre and literature, continue to fascinate scholars worldwide. Yasnitsky has clearly emerged as the new world leader in doing careful analytic work on Vygotsky’s heritage." - Jaan Valsiner, Aalborg University, Denmark

Spis treści

Ouverture. 1. Prophet  2. Bolshevik 3. Reflexologist 4. Psychologist 5. Revisionist 6. Holist. Epilogue: Genius

O autorze

Anton Yasnitsky, Ph.D., is an independent researcher who specializes in the Vygotsky–Luria Circle. He has coedited (with René van der Veer et al.) The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology (2014), Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies (2015), and Vygotski revisitado: una historia crítica de su contexto y legado (2016).