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Martin, thanks much for the pdfs. Olga On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote: > I actually attached the file lat time, but it disappeared somewhere in the > webworld. > > Here's trying again: > > > On Apr 1, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Carmen Torres wrote: > > > > > Sorry, I couldn't access to it. Would it be possible for you to send me > the > > article in pdf? > > Thanks in advance. > > Carmen > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] En > > nombre de Martin Packer > > Enviado el: domingo, 01 de abril de 2012 20:11 > > Para: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > > Asunto: [xmca] Article on LSV's Crisis > > > > This article may be interest. It is still in press, but available from > the > > journal web site. > > > > Martin > > > > > > Hyman, L. (2011). Vygotsky's Crisis: Argument, context, relevance. > Studies > > in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. > > doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.11.007 > > > > Vygotsky's The Historical Significance of the Crisis in Psychology > > (1926/1927) is an important text in the history and philosophy of > psychology > > that has only become available to scholars in 1982 in Russian, and in > 1997 > > in English. The goal of this paper is to introduce Vygotsky's conception > of > > psychology to a wider audience. I argue that Vygotsky's argument about > the > > 'crisis'ˇ in psychology and its resolution can be fully understood only > in > > the context of his social and political thinking. Vygotsky shared the > > enthusiasm, widespread among Russian leftist intelligentsia in the 1920s, > > that Soviet society had launched an unprecedented social experiment: The > > socialist revolution opened the way for establishing social conditions > that > > would let the individual flourish. For Vygotsky, this meant that 'a new > > man'ˇ of the future would become 'the first and only species in biology > that > > would create itself.'ˇ He envisioned psychology as a science that would > > serve this humanist teleology. I propose that The Crisis is relevant > today > > insofar as it helps us define a fundamental problem: How can we > > systematically account for the development of knowledge in psychology? I > > evaluate how Vygotsky addresses this problem as a historian of the > crisis. > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > -- Olga A. Vásquez Associate Professor University of California, San Diego Department of Communication __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca