Presentation

Abstract

Since the publication of the books Social Formation of the Mind (1984) and Thought and Language (1987), the theme of this Dossier has established itself as one of the most characteristic of psychology based on the work of Lev Semionovich Vigotski (1896-1934) in our country. . But the configurations of Vigotski's so-called historical-cultural theory have changed greatly since the author's first editions published in Europe and the United States, changing with respect to the intellectualist-cognitivist bias of Jerome Bruner and Michael Cole, who were primarily responsible for the initial impulse to works of Vigotski and his Circle of Researchers in the West. Vigotski's cognitive interpretation has been increasingly questioned in Brazil and abroad by different interpreters, such as Nikolai Veresov, Anton Yasnitsky, Ekatierina Zavershneva, Bader Burihan Sawaya, Fernando González-Rey and others. Concepts such as drama / dramatic events, imagination, affections and experiences are key pieces of this epistemological change, whose consequences for historical and cultural research and intervention can be seen in the present Dossier.