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Author:   Carl Ratner (Institute for Cultural Research and Education, USA) ,  Daniele Nunes Henrique Silva (University of Brasilia, Brazil)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781138244801

ISBN 10:   1138244805
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   11 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Notes on contributors Introduction: recovering and advancing Vygotsky’s Marxist psychology Carl Ratner and Daniele Nunes Henrique Silva PART I Toward a Marxist psychology 1 Marxist psychology, Vygotsky’s cultural psychology, and psychoanalysis: the double helix of science and politics Carl Ratner PART II Marxist epistemological and methodological aspects of Vygotsky’s psychology 2 Marxist methodological foundations in Vygotsky’s work Larissa Bulhões and Lígia Márcia Martins 3 The problem of work, consciousness, and sign in human development Daniele Nunes Henrique Silva, Ilana Lemos de Paiva, and Lavínia Lopes Salomão Magiolino 4 The germ cell of Vygotsky’s science Andy Blunden 5 What makes Vygotsky’s theory of psychology a Marxist theory? Peter Feigenbaum PART III Psychological applications of Vygotsky’s Marxism 6 Imagination and creative activity: ontological and epistemological principles of Vygotsky’s contributions Kátia Maheirie and Andréa Vieira Zanella 7 Materialist dialectics in Vygotsky’s methodological framework: implications for applied linguistics research James P. Lantolf 8 Constructionist interpretation of Vygotsky: a theoretical–methodological study of the concept of language Eduardo Moura da Costa and Silvana Calvo Tuleski Index

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Carl Ratner is Director of the Institute for Cultural Research and Education, USA, and has developed the field of cultural psychology in generally Marxist directions. Daniele Nunes Henrique Silva is Professor of Psychology and supervisor of the postgraduate program in Human Development Process and Health in the Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, Brazil.

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