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Vygotsky, the Soviet psychologist from the 1920’s, has long been regarded as an importantly original thinker, his major books Thought and Language and Mind in Society making innovative contributions to the psychology of thinking, language, and development. Yet, like William James, Vygotsky has suffered the fate of being more respected than read and even less understood – and for the similar reason that his perspective is radically critical of psychology’s traditional assumptions. Lately, as some in psychology begin to face its foundational crisis, there has been a new surge of interest in Vygotsky scholarship. Newman and Holzman cogently depict the methodological and substantive radicality of Vygotsky’s psychology. Their book presents it clearly as a transformational discipline, rooted in activity theory, concerned with ecological validity, and a philosophically sophisticated epistemology. Marked by clear writing throughout, this work aims at the key foundational concerns of psychology, and leaves a pathway for revisioning of those foundations.
from Humanistic Psychologist, 21, Summer 1993.
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