Download or read book Vygotsky's Sociohistorical Psychology and Its Contemporary Applications written by Carl Ratner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1991-03-31 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ratner, of Humboldt State U., breathes new life into a very important but generally neglected viewpoint that psychological functions are quintessentially social in nature and that this social character must be comprehended if psychological knowledge and practice are to advance. This viewpoint, known as sociohistorical psychology, was articulated mo.