Activity theory is a dead end for cultural-historical psychology

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 353-364

  Toomela, Aaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Cultural historical psychology; Dialectical method; Emotions; Functional systems; Sign meaning; Unit of analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344224     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X0063005     Document Type: Review

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