Culture and Human Development

by Jaan Valsiner

This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Intended for students from undergraduate level upwards, the book provides a wide-ranging overview of the cultural perspective on human development, with illustrations from pre-natal development to adulthood. A key feature is the broad coverage of theoretical and methodological issues which have relevance to this truly interdisciplinary field of enquiry encompassing developmental psychology, cultural anthropology and comparative sociology. The text is organized into five coherent Part 1: Developmental theory and methodology; Part 2: Analysis of environments for human development Part 3:

Genres: Cultural, College

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Erik]

This is the best and most thought-provoking textbook I've read so far. Informative as well as packed with exciting meta-theoretical points.