ThisbookisthesecondvolumeinaseriespresentingnewEnglishtranslationsofL.S.Vygotsky’swritingsontheholisticscienceofthechildhecalled“pedology“.ItpresentsuniquematerialswhichreflectthedevelopmentofVygotsky’stheoreticalpositionatthelaststageofhiscreativeevolutionin1932-1934andcontributestothenumberoforiginalVygotskytextsavailableinEnglish.Itincludestheproblemofageandageperiodization;thestructureanddynamicsofage,psychologicalcharacteristicsofagecrisesanddiagnosticsofdevelopmentinrelationtoage,andthezoneofproximaldevelopment,whichbecamehismostwidelyknownbutleastunderstoodtheoreticalinnovation.Thisbookplacesthatconceptinitscontextandmakesitfullyunderstandableforthefirsttime.Inaddition,therearelecturesandnotesthatVygotskymadeinpreparationforlecturesonsixcriticalperiods:birth,oneyearold,three,seven,andthirteen.Vygotskyalsodevoteschapterstothestableperiodsofinfancyandearlychildhoodandtwowholechapterstoschoolage.FuturevolumesinthisserieswillexploreVygotsky’spedologyoftheadolescent.
