The Social Mind: Construction of the Idea

by Jaan Valsiner, Rene Veer, Rene Van Der Veer

Book Overview

The Social Mind charts the intellectual history of the idea of the socially constructed mind through the examination of four key theorists--Lev Vygotsky, George Herbert Mead, James Mark Baldwin, and Pierre Janet. An analysis of the theories of these scholars and the social climate in which they worked will be invaluable to contemporary social scientists. In their analysis of the social construction of mind, the authors elaborate on their notion of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521589738
• ISBN13: 9780521589734
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"