Questioning Vygotsky's Legacy Scientific Psychology or Heroic Cult

This accessible collection of essays critically examines Vygotsky?s scientific legacy. The book is solidly grounded in the "revisionist revolution" context and encourages constructive questioning of Vygotsky?s theory of human development. It tackles thought-provoking issues such as the true value of his scholarship, the possible falsification of his scientific legacy, and the role of political factors and the Communist parties in the worldwide dissemination of his work. It is essential reading on Vygotskian psychology and of interest to students and researchers in developmental psychology, history of psychology, history of science, Soviet/Russian history, philosophical science and education.

1. Vygotsky's Psychology of Superman: From Utopia to Concrete Science Anton Yasnitsky 2. Vygotsky and Marx – Re-Setting the Relationship Peter E. Jones 3. Rethinking Vygotsky: A Critical Reading of the Semiotics in Vygotsky's Cultural-Historical Theory Ruihan Zhang 4. Vygotsky's "Significant Other": Alexander Luria's Contribution to the Development of Vygotsky's Ideas Eli Lamdan 5. A History of the Social Construction of the "Cultural-Historical": Theory and School Peter Keiler 6. From Superhumans to Supermediators: Locating the Extraordinary in CHAT Clay Spinuzzi 7. On Vygotsky’s International Celebration, Or How to Critically Appropriate Authors from the Past Luciano Nicolás García

Anton Yasnitsky, Ph.D., is an independent researcher who specializes in the Vygotsky–Luria Circle. He is the author of Vygotsky: An Intellectual Biography (2018) and has coedited (with René Van der Veer and others) The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology (2014), Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies (2015), and Vygotski revisitado: una historia crítica de su contexto y legado (2016).