Re: GH Mead and Reuven Feuerstein

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Fri, 8 May 1998 14:19:36 -0700 (PDT)

Molly-- I know Feurstein's work pretty well and have interacted with
people at his institute. It would be interesting to discuss similarities
and differences between him and Vygotsky/Luria/Leontiev/Zaporozhets/Elkonin.

My idea of how that latter list relates to
Mead, Dewey, et al is pretty clearly laid out in *Cultural Psychology*
although briefly. I view the Russian and American traditions as cousins,
both of whom are in a family with Germans (Mead got his Ph.D with Dilthey,
Kohler and Werner had a big effect on both Russians and Americans), and
others who are, broadly speaking, cultural-historical theorists, whatever
their starting point and dialect. Kenneth Burke has appeared on the xmca
screen, another important "old person."

You are reminding me that I have not made arrangements for Mary and
Suzanne's geneology/concept maps to be put on xmca.

If we discuss Feurstein, we should get someone from Israel who work with
him to participate.
mike