{"product_id":"mind-in-society","title":"Mind in Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But somewhat ironically, his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. \u003ci\u003eMind in Society\u003c\/i\u003e should correct much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky's important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vygotsky who emerges from these pages can no longer be glibly included among the neobehaviorists. In these essays he outlines a dialectical-materialist theory of cognitive development that anticipates much recent work in American social science. The mind, Vygotsky argues, cannot be understood in isolation from the surrounding society. Man is the only animal who uses tools to alter his own inner world as well as the world around him. From the handkerchief knotted as a simple mnemonic device to the complexities of symbolic language, society provides the individual with technology that can be used to shape the private processes of mind. In \u003ci\u003eMind in Society\u003c\/i\u003e Vygotsky applies this theoretical framework to the development of perception, attention, memory, language, and play, and he examines its implications for education. The result is a remarkably interesting book that is bound to renew Vygotsky's relevance to modern psychological thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ellen Souberman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42849041383485,"sku":"9780674576292","price":50.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/mind-in-society","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}