Abstract

PERINAT, Adolfo. Vygotsky's socio-cultural approach as an alternative to the biological-maturationist and idealistic explanations of human development. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.2, pp.137-145. ISSN 1900-2386.

The psychology of the end of the 19Th Century and first third of the Twentieth Century furnishes the background of Vygotsky's theory about the psychological development. His idea of the sociogenesis or, in other words, the determinant influence of the social world in the behavioral development, appears in his mind as a counterpoint, on one hand, to biologizing approaches that concei-ve the development as just a maturation process whereas, for the other, expresses its rejection to what he calls «the psychology of the spirit», in which he perceives the long lasting influence of the Hegelian idealism. This paper try to highlight the «third via» -sociogenesis- that Vygotsky proposes as a valid issue to the crossroads of biological and idealistic psychology. We delve into the vygotskian idea of sociogenesis and point to some nuances that should not be overlooked when considering this transcendental contribution.

Keywords : Vygotsky's sociogenesis; biological development; idealistic currents.

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