Beyond Adaptation

This excellent work was compiled by a new generation of ingenious editors. Dialogically organized and containing chapters and commentaries by leading researchers, the book moves our focus from what happens to what is possible in developing mental life and human activity. Thoughtfully advanced and providing a fresh perspective on agency, this volume opens new ways of thinking and doing for cultural-historical and critical psychologists and beyond. Thomas Teo Professor of Psychology, York University
This rare and important book presents contributions from the closely related critical approaches of Critical Psychology and Cultural Historical Theory in Europe and the Americas. Many chapters present research projects which throw light on ongoing changes in the social practices of research, education, social work, etc. Because the theories and projects focus on social practices and changes therein and thereof, they also offer researchers, professional practitioners and the people they serve means to comprehend such changes and to bring them about. It is, in short, a volume in support of social critique and change. Ole Dreier Professor emeritus of Psychology, University of Copenhagen