Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny

by Michael Tomasello

Book Overview

A radical reconsideration of how we develop the qualities that make us human, based on decades of cutting-edge experimental work by the former director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Virtually all theories of how humans have become such a distinctive species focus on evolution. Here, Michael Tomasello proposes a complementary theory of human uniqueness, focused on development. Building on the seminal ideas of Vygotsky,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674980859
• ISBN13: 9780674980853
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"