Re: Vygotsky's Crisis in Psychology

From: Phil Graham (phil.graham@mailbox.uq.edu.au)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 22:14:08 PDT


At 11:43 PM 31/05/2001 -0400, Eric wrote:
>not all people were born to be members of a communal society, in my
>opinion LBE is an explanation of communal living.

If people aren't born into communities, what are they born into? Vygotsky's
central point in "crisis" is that people (specifically children) are
*firstly* social products. The myth of the lone, asocial, communally
decontextualised individual is a myth of "Robinsonade" liberal dogmas and
Garden-of-Eden-like Mythologies.

Are you suggesting that people could be anything but a product of the
communities they live in, or that they may choose not to exist as members
of social systems?

regards,
Phil



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