Cultural psychology is a new synthetic field of knowledge within the social sciences of the 21st century. It brings together psychology – developmental and social psychology in particular – with cultural history, anthropology, ethnography, art, music, semiotics, and sociology. The scientific focus of cultural psychology is on the realm of meaningful human experiences. The volume “Breakthroughs in Cultural Psychology” edited by foreign member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Jaan Valsiner and Academy member Marek Tamm features a collection of unique personal narratives from leading scientists worldwide, highlighting the development of key ideas that are advancing the field. It serves as an essential resource for scholars, practitioners, and students alike.
Here, guided by intellectual passions, psychology takes a look at itself. The group, or rather network of scholars who produced this volume, not only advanced cultural psychology toward its holistic theoretical foundations, but also transformed all research toward human understanding as such, away from a competitive science. Cultural psychology is inherently semiotic in its nature, as the authors acknowledge.
Kalevi Kull
professor of biosemiotics,
University of Tartu
The volume was published by Tallinn University Press in the series “Acta Universitatis Tallinnensis. Humaniora”.
Authors: Svend Brinkmann, Nandita Chaudhary, Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia, Vlad-Petre Glăveanu, Sven Hroar Klempe, Giuseppina Marsico, Alberto Rosa, Sergio Salvatore, Tatsuya Sato, Danilo Silva Guimarães, Marek Tamm, Luca Tateo, Rama Charan Tripathi, Jaan Valsiner, Brady Wagoner, Tania Zittoun.
Book on the Tallinn University Press website