Voices of the Mind Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action

Name: Voices of the Mind Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action
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ISBN: 9780674943049

ISBN-10: 067494304X

ISBN-13: 9780674943049

Edition: 1991

Authors: James V. Wertsch

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In Voices of the Mind, James Wertsch outlines an approach to mental functioning that stresses its inherent cultural, historical, and institutional context. A critical aspect of this approach is the cultural tools or "mediational means" that shape both social and individual processes. In considering how these mediational means--in particular, language--emerge in social history and the role they play in organizing the settings in which human beings are socialized, Wertsch achieves fresh insights into essential areas of human mental functioning that are typically unexplored or misunderstood. Although Wertsch's discussion draws on the work of a variety of scholars in the social sciences and…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/15/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

James V. Wertsch is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology, Clark University.



Introduction



Prerequisites



A Sociocultural Approach to Mind



Beyond Vygotsky: Bakhtin's Contribution



The Multivoicedness of Meaning



The Heterogeneity of Voices



Sociocultural Setting, Social Languages, and