This book is the most comprehensive contribution to our understanding of Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) yet undertaken. As a key to understanding the most potent influence on developmental theories since the beginning of this century, van der Veer and Valsiner explore Vygotsky's ideas through the course of his life, establishing links with his predecessors and contemporaries. Elaborate analysis of his social context allows detailed discussions of Vygotsky's indebtedness to literary scholarship (his career began with an essay on Hamlet), with psychoananlysis, Gestalt psychology and paedology. The authors show how close was his intellectual dependence on the international scientific community of the time and on contemporary creative endeavours of the fine arts. The Life and Work of Lev Vygotsky not only shows the extent to which Vygotsky's work can be further developed to be relevant to the end of the twentieth century but also opens up scope for a more detailed analysis of his contemporaries.

Understanding Vygotsky: A Quest for Synthesis

Valsiner, Jaan

van der Veer, René

Biographies & Memoirs

Blackwell Pub.

The Vygotsky Reader

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Until quite recently, Vygotsky's work was known only to a small circle of Western psychologists, but he has rapidly emerged as one of the major theorists of the twentieth century. This new volume aims to provide students and scholars alike with a lively introduction to Vygotsky's work based on authoritative translations of the original sources. 
The volume covers the various areas in which Vygotsky worked, including education, psychology, paedology, psychiatry and defectology. Papers have been selected to give a representative overview of Vygotsky's multifaceted work during difficult periods. The volume also highlights little-known facets of his work, such as his anti-fascist and pro-socialist writings and provides the reader with a number of pieces that appear in English for the first time. The editors provide a brief introduction and notes for each translation to facilitate reading and place each piece in its historical context. As the volume requires no preparatory reading it can be used both as an introduction to the key ideas in Vygotsky's work, and as a companion to the theoretical and historical analysis presented in van der Veer and Vlasiner's Understanding Vygotsky.

Wiley/Blackwell

This book presents the most comprehensive introduction to the life and ideas of Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) yet written. As a key to understanding one of the most potent influences on developmental theories this century, Van der Veer and Valsiner explore Vygotsky's ideas in the contexts of Russian psychology and the politics of the inter-war years. The authors chart Vygotsky's intellectual development through the course of his life, establishing links with his predecessors and contemporaries and illustrating his intellectual interdependence with the contemporary scientific community and the creative endeavors of the fine arts. Careful analysis of his social context allows detailed discussion of Vygotsky's indebtedness to literary scholarship, with psychoanalysis, Gestalt psychology and paedology. 
Understanding Vygotsky not only shows the extent to which Vygotsky's work can be further developed to be relevant to the end of the twentieth century but also opens up scope for a more detailed analysis of his contemporaries. It will be essential reading for all students of Vygotsky and his ideas.

Professionals & Academics

Este libro nos trae a un Vygotski desconocido en muchas de sus facetas y muy poco conocido en el último momento de su obra, entre 1930 y 1934, quizás el período más fecundo de su pensamiento. Zavershneva en uno de sus capítulos expresa con especial claridad una novedad indiscutible de este libro: "Sin duda el valor científico de los documentos del archivo consiste no solo en que ahí están expuestos las ideas y planes de L. S. Vygotski no realizados, sino que ayudan a trazar el proceso de su pensamiento. Lo más interesante no solo son las cadenas de su razonamiento, sino los saltos del pensamiento, los destellos repentinos de su agudeza, las rupturas en la argumentación". (Cap. 5, p. 110). ------------------------------------------------------ «Este libro es imperdible; ofrece una nueva interpretación de las tesis y de los problemas que se planteó Vygotski entre 1932 y 1934, muestra un pensamiento nada lineal sino atravesado por revisiones y críticas, y brinda una muy cuidadosa reconstrucción histórica de la recepción de las ideas vygotskianas en los países iberoamericanos.» José Antonio Castorina –Universidad de Buenos Aires– «Este volumen presenta el legado de Vygotski sin caer en un seguidismo hagiográfico. Se echaba de menos una historia crítica de las condiciones de producción, de difusión y de recepción de su producción.» Alberto Rosa –Universidad Autónoma de Madrid– «El reciente libro de Yasnitsky, van der Veer, Aguilar y García es algo realmente a celebrar. Refuerza de manera provocativa, polémica y aguda la necesidad, no siempre advertida, de refinar nuestras lecturas de la obra vygotskiana.» Ricardo Baquero –Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes– «Conocer al Vygotski que duda y se revisiona a sí mismo y cuestionar las lecturas más habituales que se han hecho y se hacen aún de su obra es algo que ningún vygotskiano debería perderse. Aunque polisémico y abierto a la polémica, el Vygotski que aquí aparece è vero è ben trovato. Para mí, imprescindible.» Pablo del Río –Fundación Infancia & Aprendizaje–

Vygotski revisitado: Una historia crítica de su contexto y legado (Mente y cultura) (Spanish Edition)

Fraser, Jennifer

Lamdan, Eli

Zavershneva, Yekaterina

Miño y Dávila editores

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by van der Veer, René. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by van der Veer, René