The Vygotsky Reader

This 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. Introduction To The Russian Translation Of Freud's Beyond The Pleasure Principle / Lev Vygotsky And Alexander Luria -- Principles Of Social Education For Deaf And Dumb Children In Russia ; The Methods Of Reflexological And Psychological Investigation / Lev Vygotsky -- The Problem Of The Cultural Behaviour Of The Child / Alexander Luria -- The Problem Of The Cultural Development Of The Child / Lev Vygotsky -- Methods For Investigating Concepts / Leonid Sakharov -- Tool And Symbol In Child Development / Lev Vygotsky And Alexander Luria -- The Socialist Alteration Of Man ; The Development Of Thinking And Concept Formation In Adolescence ; Imagination And Creativity Of The Adolescent / Lev Vygotsky -- The Development Of Voluntary Attention In The Child / Aleksej Leont'ev -- Thought In Schizophrenia ; Fascism In Psychoneurology ; The Problem Of The Environment ; The Development Of Academic Concepts In School Aged Children / Lev Vygotsky. Edited By René Van Der Veer And Jaan Valsiner. Translated By Theresa Prout And René Van Der Veer. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.