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Cultural-Historical Psychology
2008. Vol. 4, no. 2, 50–59
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)

L.S. Vygotsky: Overcoming Evolutionism in Exploring Development

 
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Abstract

The paper discusses evolutionism, i.e. the concept of development as a linear and gradual process, and how L.S. Vygotsky overcame its limitations. It reviews the problem of defining evolutionism and the first historical attempt to overcome evolutionism in anthropology connected with the emergence and development of functionalism in this discipline. The author argues that L.S. Vygotsky was the first to overcome evolutionism in psychology. This becomes particularly evident in his work on egocentric speech: it embodies a holistic system of interrelated principles, the most fundamental of which is the principle of functional analysis. The author concludes that this system of principles can be regarded as a means of overcoming evolutionism in the context of cultural-historical psychology and can be applied to the study of developmental phenomena other than egocentric speech.

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Keywords: cultural-historical theory, functional analisys, functionalism, evolutionism, egocentric speech

Journal rubric: Discussions and Discourses

Article type: scientific article

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For citation: Romaschuk, A.N. (2008). L.S. Vygotsky: Overcoming Evolutionism in Exploring Development. Cultural-Historical Psychology, 4(2), 50–59. (In Russ.). URL: https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/chp/archive/2008_n2/Romashchuk (viewed: 05.12.2025)

© Romaschuk A.N., 2008

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Alexander N. Romaschuk, Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation, e-mail: a.romaschuk@gmail.com

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