Böcker av James V. Wertsch

This book investigates the needs, conditions for, and qualities of dialogical communication from three perspectives, each of which make demands on dialogical skills: the political/cultural dimension, the technological dimension, and the educational dimension. Ultimately, this book sheds light on the crucial communication challenges of the present, revealing the circumstances by which the dialogue contributes to increased intersubjectivity.

In this book, Wertsch outlines an approach to mental functioning that stresses its inherent cultural, historical, and institutional context. A critical aspect of this approach is the cultural tools or "mediational means" that shape both social and individual processes.

In a book of intellectual breadth, James Wertsch not only offers a synthesis and critique of all Vygotsky's major ideas, but also presents a program for using Vygotskian theory as a guide to contemporary research in the social sciences and humanities.