Author: James V. Wertsch

Contemporary social problems typically involve many complex, interrelated dimensions–psychological, cultural, and institutional, among others. But today, the social sciences have fragmented into iso …

Contemporary social problems typically involve many complex, interrelated dimensions–psychological, cultural, and institutional, among others. But today, the social sciences have fragmented into iso …

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This special issue of Mind, Culture, and Activity revisits Rommetveit”s ideas in admiration for his quest to understand meaning, language, and mind. It also reflects the inspiration he has provided …

This special issue of Mind, Culture, and Activity revisits Rommetveit”s ideas in admiration for his quest to understand meaning, language, and mind. It also reflects the inspiration he has provided …

How Nations Remember draws on multiple disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to examine how a nation’s account of the past shapes its actions in the present. National memory can underwrit …

How Nations Remember draws on multiple disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to examine how a nation’s account of the past shapes its actions in the present. National memory can underwrit …

This volume brings together distinguished scholars to address broad societal claims about the surge in populist nationalism in the scholarly literature on collective memory. The book sets the stage b …

This volume brings together distinguished scholars to address broad societal claims about the surge in populist nationalism in the scholarly literature on collective memory. The book sets the stage b …

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 c …

In a book of intellectual breadth, James Wertsch not only offers a synthesis and critique of all Vygotsky’s major ideas, but also presents a program for using Vygotskian theory as a guide to contempo …

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 c …