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Re: [xmca] Teaching on the Emotions



Peter's.

2010/3/24, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>:
>
> Which one? Peter Moxhay's new translation or the previous one on
> Generalization?
>
> a
>
>
> ulvi icil wrote:
>
>> Does anybody have a pdf of Davydov's book please :)
>> Ulvi
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/3/24, Dot Robbins <drobbins72000@yahoo.com>:
>>
>>> Dear Achilles, Andy, and All,
>>> Oh, my goodness...I can't get too "emotional" about the article, and hope
>>> it is put on your website, Andy. My question only regarded the actual
>>> sources of the text, nothing else.
>>> Truly, I am very disturbed that academic books are so expensive in
>>> English,
>>> and have never understood why the Collected Works of Vygotsky have not
>>> been
>>> put in paperback, or made free for all. My point was that even with the
>>> expensive Collected Works in English, many people seemed to profit (I
>>> actually don't know who) from the publication of the series, and yet no
>>> money was ever given to the Vygotsky family. Thanks to the work of Jim
>>> Wertsch over the years, the Vygotsky family has received some (minimal)
>>> funds that Jim has collected from giving people permission to use
>>> Vygotsky's
>>> picture in books.
>>> I don't have an answer to the problems of the high costs of academic
>>> publishing....and, I am very frustrated… Peter Moxhay spent years
>>> translating a book by V. V. Davydov (Problems of Developmental
>>> Instruction,
>>> Nova Science, 2008), and on amazon.com it still states that people
>>> should
>>> sign up for the book when it becomes available...I doubt if anyone has
>>> reviewed this excellent book for journals, because it has not been
>>> advertised in general....The book costs over $70, and clearly, it is
>>> extremely frustrating. I don't know what rights I have as editor, but,
>>> have
>>> seriously been thinking about the idea of sending out an earlier version
>>> of
>>> the book (only with Peter’s permission)...This is a huge issue in
>>> academia,
>>> especially with the problems of "vanity" publishing! If it is allowed,
>>> why
>>> don’t you both copy all of the Collected Works in English? I do not know
>>> the
>>> legal issues of such a step. However, please give the original sources.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Dot
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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