The Self in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: Reclaiming the Unity of Social and Individual Dimensions of Human Development

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 475-503

  Stetsenko, Anna ^a   Arievitch, Igor M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

agency; cultural historical activity theory; development; dialectical; Leontiev; personality; self; social individual dichotomy; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043072748     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354304044921     Document Type: Article

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