Sociocultural Studies of Mind Paperback / softback
Edited by James V. (Clark University, Massachusetts and Washington University, St Louis) Wertsch, Pablo del (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain) Rio, Amelia Alvarez
Part of the Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives series
Paperback / softback
Description
Sociocultural Studies of Mind addresses the primary question: how is mental functioning related to the cultural, historical, and institutional settings in which it exists?
Although the contributors speak from different perspectives, there is a clear set of unifying themes that run through the volume: 1.
One of the basic ways that sociocultural setting shapes mental functioning is through the cultural tools employed. 2. Mediation provides a formulation of how this shaping occurs. 3. In order to specify how cultural tools exist and have their effects, it is essential to focus on human action as a unit of analysis.
This landmark volume defines a general approach to sociocultural psychology, one that we hope will be debated and redefined as the field moves forward.
Sociocultural Studies of Mind is crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in cognitive science, philosophy, and cultural anthropology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:268 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/04/1995
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- ISBN:9780521476430
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:268 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/04/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521476430
