Wetsch: Mind as Action
nate (schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu)
Sun, 2 Aug 1998 10:07:07 -0500
Awhile back Mike suggested Wertsch's book Mind as Action. I have only read
the first couple of chapters, but the book does appear to deal with many of
the issues that were discussed in the ownership, tools, signs,
internalization, etc threads. An aspect of the book I am finding very
interesting is the tension between agent and cultural tool, a theme that
appears to run throughout the book, at least so far. If others are also
reading this book I would find an XCMA reading of the book, similar to the
XCMA reading of Cultural Psychology last summer, beneficial.
NATE SCHMOLZE
http://www.geocities.com/~nschmolze/
schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu
People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds,
people who possess strong feelings even people with great minds
and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls
L.S. Vygotsky