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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2018

Pages: 243-289

ISBN (Hardback): 9789811301902

Full citation:

, "Developing a dialectical perspective on Vygotsky's theory", in: Rethinking cultural-historical theory, Berlin, Springer, 2018

Developing a dialectical perspective on Vygotsky's theory

pp. 243-289

in: Manolis Dafermos, Rethinking cultural-historical theory, Berlin, Springer, 2018

Abstract

The chapter proposes an alternative, dialectical reading of Vygotsky's theory that may help us better understand its philosophical underpinnings. The chapter starts with a brief sketch of the history of dialectics. Αn attempt will be made to define dialectics and its main historical forms. Then, three key methodological issues of dialectics will be examined and its relations to Vygotsky's theory: the relation between essence and phenomenon, the ascent from the abstract to the concrete and its relation to the movement of thinking from the sensory concrete to the abstract and the relation between the logical and historical method. The chapter includes also a reflection on the dialectical method and its application to psychology in the USSR.

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2018

Pages: 243-289

ISBN (Hardback): 9789811301902

Full citation:

, "Developing a dialectical perspective on Vygotsky's theory", in: Rethinking cultural-historical theory, Berlin, Springer, 2018