James V. Wertsch

'Voices of the Mind'

Bog | Engelsk

In Voices of the Mind , James Wertsch outlines an approach to mental functioning that stresses its inherent cultural, historical, and institutional context. A critical aspect of this approach is the cultural tools or mediational means that shape both soci

'How Nations Remember'

Bog | Engelsk

How Nations Remember draws on multiple disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to examine how a nation's account of the past shapes its actions in the present. National memory can underwrite noble aspirations, but the volume focuses largely