You hold in your hands a new book. Professor Dorothy Robbins dedicated it to one of the aspects of the cultural heritage of the famous psychologist L. S. Vygot­ sky. His activity (deyatelnost) was multifaceted. He had input into different fields of psychology: its methodology, psychology of art, pathopsychology, the psy­ chology of child and adolescent development, pedagogical psychology, general psychology, speech psychology, and other fields. Within his various activities he enriched not only psychology, but a variety of different sciences/academics­ pedagogics, defectology, psychiatry, literary critical theory, and linguistics. Some famous scientists feel that he left his mark in fields of various scientific areas that did not exist during his lifetime-such as psycho linguistics, semiotics, and cybernetics. Many psychologists and linguists conduct research in the spirit of his ideas that are contained within his approach of cultural-historical theory of human psy­ chological development, all created by Vygotsky as early as the 1920s and 1930s; these ideas have become popular among scientists in different countries in the last decades. The use of Vygotsky’s theories, even beyond the frame of psychol­ ogy, turns out to be fruitful. I hope that this new book by Dorothy Robbins will help readers understand the deeper meaning of the scientific/academic research undertaken by my father and the scientific results that were obtained by him.

Action
Perception
Thought
language
language acquisition
linguistics

• Introduction to Vygotsky’s Thought
• Historical and Philosophical Context
• Vygotsky’s Cultural-Historical Theory
• Mediation and Tools of Intellectual Adaptation
• The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
• Social Interaction and Cognitive Development
• Language and Thought in Vygotsky’s Theory
• Play and Imagination in Child Development
• The Role of Culture in Psychological Development
• Vygotsky’s Views on Learning and Education
• Critiques and Extensions of Vygotsky’s Ideas
• Applications in Contemporary Psychology and Education
• Philosophical Implications of Vygotsky’s Work
• Legacy and Influence on Modern Psychology

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, USA
Dorothy Robbins

Book Title
Vygotsky’s Psychology-Philosophy

Book Subtitle
A Metaphor for Language Theory and Learning

Authors
Dorothy Robbins

Series Title
Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1293-6

Copyright Information
Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

Hardcover ISBN
978-0-306-46423-2
Published: 31 May 2001

Softcover ISBN
978-1-4613-5482-6
Published: 24 October 2012

eBook ISBN
978-1-4615-1293-6
Published: 06 December 2012

Edition Number
1

Number of Pages
XVI, 144

Topics
Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics, general, Education, general