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Mind as action / James V. Wertsch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xii, 203 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195117530
  • 9780195117530
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150
LOC classification:
  • BF57. W46 1998
Contents:
1. The task of sociocultural analysis -- Translation at the crossroads -- Multiple perspectives on human action -- Methodological individualism in the copyright age -- 2. Properties of mediated action -- Mediated action is characterized by an irreducible tension between agent and mediational means -- Mediational means are material -- Mediated action typically has multiple simultaneous goals -- Mediated action is situated in one orf more developmental paths -- Mediational means constrain as well as enable action -- New mediational means transform mediated action -- The relationship of agents toward mediational means can be characterized in terms of mastery: Internalization as mastery -- The relationship of agents toard mediational means can be characterized in terms of appropriation: Internalization as appropriation -- Mediational means are often produced for reasons other than to facilitate mediated action -- Mediational means are associated with power and authority -- Narrative as a cultural tool for representing the past -- Representing the past: Cultural tools and their uses -- Historical texts as cultural tools -- Mastering texts about the origins of the U.S.: Knowing too little -- Mastering texts about the origins of the U.S.: Knowing too much -- Events -- Theme -- The construction of main characters -- Frequency of mention -- Patterns of agency -- Patterns of presupposed presence -- The irreducible tension between cultural tool and agent in generating historical texts -- The mastery and appropriation of narratives as mediational means for representing the past -- 4. Mediated action in social space -- Intersubjectivity and alterity in social interaction -- Intersubjectivity and laterity in studies of intermental -- Functioning -- Harnessing intersubjectivity and alterity in instructional discourse -- Reciprocal teaching as an alternative form of instructional discourse -- 5. Appropriation and resistance -- Appropriation and resistance: The official Soviet history of Estonia -- Tactics of consumption and forms of resistance -- Strategies of consumption and forms of resistance: -- Official and unofficial history -- Summary -- Appropriation and resistance: Cultural stereotypes -- The "Microdynamics" of appropriation and resistance -- Stereotype threat and appropriation -- 6. Mind as mediated action: An Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

1. The task of sociocultural analysis -- Translation at the crossroads -- Multiple perspectives on human action -- Methodological individualism in the copyright age -- 2. Properties of mediated action -- Mediated action is characterized by an irreducible tension between agent and mediational means -- Mediational means are material -- Mediated action typically has multiple simultaneous goals -- Mediated action is situated in one orf more developmental paths -- Mediational means constrain as well as enable action -- New mediational means transform mediated action -- The relationship of agents toward mediational means can be characterized in terms of mastery: Internalization as mastery -- The relationship of agents toard mediational means can be characterized in terms of appropriation: Internalization as appropriation -- Mediational means are often produced for reasons other than to facilitate mediated action -- Mediational means are associated with power and authority -- Narrative as a cultural tool for representing the past -- Representing the past: Cultural tools and their uses -- Historical texts as cultural tools -- Mastering texts about the origins of the U.S.: Knowing too little -- Mastering texts about the origins of the U.S.: Knowing too much -- Events -- Theme -- The construction of main characters -- Frequency of mention -- Patterns of agency -- Patterns of presupposed presence -- The irreducible tension between cultural tool and agent in generating historical texts -- The mastery and appropriation of narratives as mediational means for representing the past -- 4. Mediated action in social space -- Intersubjectivity and alterity in social interaction -- Intersubjectivity and laterity in studies of intermental -- Functioning -- Harnessing intersubjectivity and alterity in instructional discourse -- Reciprocal teaching as an alternative form of instructional discourse -- 5. Appropriation and resistance -- Appropriation and resistance: The official Soviet history of Estonia -- Tactics of consumption and forms of resistance -- Strategies of consumption and forms of resistance: -- Official and unofficial history -- Summary -- Appropriation and resistance: Cultural stereotypes -- The "Microdynamics" of appropriation and resistance -- Stereotype threat and appropriation -- 6. Mind as mediated action: An Epilogue.

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