Cultural-Historical and Critical Psychology: Common ground, divergences, and future pathways (2020) Editors: Marilyn Fleer, Fernando Gonzalez Rey, and Peter E. Jones More information: Click this link
About: This book opens up a critical dialogue within and across the theoretical traditions of critical psychology and cultural-historical psychology. It explores and addresses fundamental issues and problems within both traditions, with a view to identifying new avenues for productive discussion and cooperation between these two important movements in contemporary psychology. Accordingly, the book gathers contributions from a range of internationally respected researchers from both fields who have demonstrated a willingness to look critically, and self-critically, at their theoretical allegiances and trajectories. This book provides readers with the opportunity to both appreciate and reflect on fundamental differences of perspective across the ‘cultural-historical’/’critical’ psychology divide and, thereby, to consider and debate key issues facing the discipline of psychology more generally.
Revisiting Vygotsky for Social Change: Bringing Together Theory and Practice (2020)
Editors: Adolfo Tanzi Neto, Fernanda Liberali, and Manolis Dafermos
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About: Contemporary thinkers and researchers from different parts of the world involved in achieving human development employ Vygotsky’s theory in order to deal with new social challenges arising in a global but deeply divided world (Santos, 2000; Souza e Santos, 2008; Martín-Baró, 1998). The chapters of this book shed light onto Vygotsky’s initial principles adding critical and social perspectives as a way of expanding his legacy to global contemporary needs such as a critical reflection from the perspective of social change, social dynamics and human development, ethical-political situations of action power, dialectic relationship of the human being with society, contradictions in an individual’s dramatic life events and awareness of the social environment to actively change the existing forms of life.
Cultural Praxis - "Cultural Praxis is a forum for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding and being creative about how studying the intersection between human cultures and human experience can provide insights for praxis and open opportunities for social change and development. Cultural Praxis publishes original works in formats other than scientific articles, including blog entries on past, current, and future matters, book reviews, teaching and activist resources, and artistic works. Cultural Praxis also publishes supplemental material to Mind, Culture and Activity journal." To visit Cultural Praxis, please click the following link: Link
Re-Generating CHAT - "The Re-Generating CHAT project offers a platform for critical dialogue between scholars from different generations. The project has at its center a face-to-face meeting that will be enhanced and complemented by pre- and post-meeting online collaborations as well as a second follow-up meeting.The project purposes include (a) to facilitate dialogue and sustained collaboration among cultural historical scholars from different generations and different applied domains, ensuring development and renewal of the critical analytic lens; (b) to clarify important synergies and differences among seemingly complementary critical approaches, establishing a research agenda for the field of critical cultural-historical theory with a particular focus on addressing social justice concerns." To visit Re-Generating CHAT, please click the following link: Link