Vygotsky and Marx: Toward a Marxist Psychology

Author:   Carl Ratner (Institute for Cultural Research and Education, USA) ,  Daniele Nunes Henrique Silva (University of Brasilia, Brazil)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138244801


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   11 April 2017
Format:   Hardback
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This important book fills two interrelated gaps in the field of psychology, first by developing a Marxist orientation to psychology and second by explaining how psychological pioneer Lev Vygotsky contributed greatly to this trend. Through outlining core principles in Marxist psychology, the book offers a framework for continuing Vygotsky’s Marxist legacy in new areas of the field. This book first documents the neglect in Vygotskyian studies of his deep use of Marxist concepts, and then subsequent chapters overcome this neglect. They explain the use of many Marxist concepts in his theoretical and methodological writings, demonstrating how Vygotsky utilized specific Marxist meanings in his work on consciousness, signs, development, imagination, creativity, secondary language acquisition, and unit of analysis. Chapters also address how Vygotsky dealt with incompatible theories and methodologies, illustrating how Marxist and Vygotskyian psychology can grow from anti-Marxist, anti-Vygotskyian approaches to psychology, such as psychoanalysis. This book marks an original contribution to the field of psychology, offering a new understanding of both Vygotsky’s work and cultural and Marxist psychology. Furthermore, it expands the field of Marxism to include psychology. It will be of interest to all students and researchers of cultural, educational, and developmental psychology as well as the history of psychology. It will also appeal to social theorists and Marxist scholars.

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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:   0.476kg
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
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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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