The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky

L. S. Vygotsky was an early twentieth century Russian social theorist whose writing exerts a significant influence on the development of social theory in the early twenty first century. His non-deterministic non-reductionist account of the formation of mind provides current theorietical developments with a broadly drawn yet very powerful sketch of the ways in which humans shape and are shaped by social cultural and historical conditions. The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky is a comprehensive text that provides students academics and practioners with a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.