Books in the Perspectives on Human Development series

What sparks a psychologist's interest in a certain phenomenon? Is it a symptom, a syndrome, a treatment, the usual, the exceptional, the group, the individual? An epistemologist focuses on the group and delivers group results. The clinician has to focus on the patient. The patient usually focuses on the clinician. These dynamics are critically reflected in this book.

What sparks a psychologist's interest in a certain phenomenon? Is it a symptom, a syndrome, a treatment, the usual, the exceptional, the group, the individual? An epistemologist focuses on the group and delivers group results. The clinician has to focus on the patient. The patient usually focuses on the clinician. These dynamics are critically reflected in this book.

This is an edited (introduced and annotated) book by the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky who belongs to the most well-known social scientists of the previous century. The book deals with an aspect of his life and work that is little known, notably his involvement with child studies.