Rethinking Cultural-Historical Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Manolis Dafermos

   Pages 1-12

3. The Historical and Scientific Background to the Genesis of Cultural-Historical Theory

   • Manolis Dafermos

   Pages 13-52

4. A Preliminary Sketch of Vygotsky’s Theory

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   Pages 53-66

5. Exploring the Philosophical Underpinnings of Cultural-Historical Theory

   • Manolis Dafermos

   Pages 67-89

6. The Prehistory of Cultural-Historical Theory

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   Pages 91-125

7. The Primary Appearance of Cultural-Historical Psychology

   • Manolis Dafermos

   Pages 127-156

8. The Formation of Cultural-Historical Theory

   • Manolis Dafermos

   Pages 157-213

9. Developing Creativity in Science: The Case of Vygotsky

   • Manolis Dafermos

   Pages 215-242

10. Developing a Dialectical Perspective on Vygotsky’s Theory

    • Manolis Dafermos

    Pages 243-289

11. Epilogue: The Relevance of Vygotsky’s Legacy

    • Manolis Dafermos

    Pages 291-299

12. Back Matter

    Pages 301-309

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This book is an exploration of science in the making. It offers readers the opportunity to critically reflect on the process of development of Vygotsky's research program from the perspective of dialectics, focusing on the dramatic process of building and rebuilding cultural historical theory. Vygotsky's creative and dramatic journey is no less important than the concrete results of his research. An epistemological and historical investigation of the formulation of cultural historical theory sheds light on the process of knowledge production and reveals hidden dimensions of creativity in science.

• LS Vygotsky
• Development of psychology
• cultural historical theory
• Vygotskian textology
• Dialectics
• Consciousness in childhood
• Consciousness in psychology
• Perezhivanie

“Rethinking Cultural-Historical Theory: A Dialectical Perspective on Vygotsky offers a good deal in one volume and is highly recommended. … In my view, it is worth emphasizing a potent combination of features underlying the work as a whole. … I believe this book to be both challenging and worthwhile to at least four audiences among AEQ readers.” (Peter H. Sawchuk, Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 71 (3), August, 2021)

• Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece

  Manolis Dafermos

Manolis Dafermos is an associate professor in the epistemology of psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Crete. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. His interests include cultural historical psychology, critical psychology, the history of psychology, and methodological and epistemological issues in the social sciences. 


He has authored and co-authored papers in these areas for Theory & Psychology; the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counseling; Information, Communication & Society; Social and Personality Psychology Compass; Learning, Culture and Social Interaction; Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology; Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology; Cultural-Historical Psychology Journal; Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal; Forum Kritische Psychologie; Oxford Handbook of Exercise Psychology; and the Handbook of Critical Psychology among others.


He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journals Cultural-Historical Psychology; Outlines: Critical Practice Studies;  Human Arenas; Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal;  and Teoría y Crítica de la Psicología.  He has been a guest editor of two special issues of the journal Annual Review of Critical Psychology.

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