Abstract
Understanding the societal formation of motives was central to an overall thesis of the cultural historical formation of mind. In the cultural historical phase of L. S. Vygotsky's writing he strove to understand the development of psychological functioning in relation to the situation in which that development was taking place. A weak point in this work has been with respect to the way in which specific institutions mediate societal motives, how they stand between society and the person. This paper will explore some of the personal motivational implications of the process of moving from one institutional situation to another. It will discuss the ways in which institutions recontextualise societal motives and thus mediate an individual's engagement with the social world. It is also argued that when processes of institutional recontextualisation are understood alongside non dualist accounts of functioning then perhaps we will understand more about the personal challenges of moving from one situation to another.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 24-33 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Cultural-Historical Psychology |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2010 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |