Mind as Action

by James V. Wertsch

Book Overview

Contemporary social problems typically involve many complex, interrelated dimensions--psychological, cultural, and institutional, among others. But today, the social sciences have fragmented into isolated disciplines lacking a common language, and analyses of social problems have polarized into approaches that focus on an individual's mental functioning over social settings, or vice versa.
In Mind as Action, James V. Wertsch argues that current...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195117530
• ISBN13: 9780195117530
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"