What is it about?
Setting out problems with Vygotsky's psychological theory due to his understanding of language and its role in thinking and action.
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Why is it important?
It is written as a contribution to a lively current debate between scholars about the value and significance of Vygotsky's work.
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This gives a very condensed summary of arguments I am developing in detail in a forthcoming book, 'Language and human potential in Vygotsky's cultural-historical psychology'.
Peter Jones
Sheffield Hallam University
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This page is a summary of: Language and social determinism in the Vygotskian tradition: A response to Ratner (2015), Language and Sociocultural Theory, April 2016, Equinox Publishing,
DOI: 10.1558/lst.v3i1.30502.
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