Works of Lev Vygotsky Written: c. 1930; Source: Ape, Primitive
Man, and Child: Essays in the History of Behaviour. A. R. Luria
and L. S. Vygotsky. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are by Vygotsky; Ch.
3 is by Luria. Only Chapter two is reproduced below in HTML, the
Preface and Chapter 1 are in image-pdf; Published: Harvester
Wheatsheaf, 1992. Translated by Evelyn Rossiter; Transcribed:
Andy Blunden. NB: “Primitive man”, in the sense in which
Vygotsky uses the term, does not exist anywhere at the present
time. The term refers to the starting point for the historical
development of human behavior. Material for the psychology of
primitive man is provided by data concerning prehistoric man,
the peoples situated at earlier forms of cultural development
and the comparative psychology of peoples of different cultures.
“Man” is used throughout in the manner common until the 1960s,
to refer to both male and female people, and the text has not
been corrected. Three Planes of Psychological Development Three
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