Ape Primitive Man and Child Essays in the History of Behavior

The first English translation of this completely unique book, which offers a very provocative analysis of the links between patterns of reasoning & thought among chimpanzees, primitive man, & the child. Vygotsky & Luria wrote this book while amassing evidence against the Marxist theories of biogenetic parallelism, & found totally divergent patterns of development between ape, primitive man, & child, which they divulge in this fascinating book. Drawn heavily from Kohler's ground-breaking 1930s study, The Intelligence of Apes, this book offers an analysis of human development that is as inovative now as it was when written. Containing reproductions of the original photographs & drawings illustrating the authors' experiments, this very original book is a priceless addition to any collection of classics in developmental psychology. It is indispensible to those interested in the development of language, memory, & complex cognition, & also to those in childhood language acquisition.Luria, A. R. is the author of 'Ape Primitive Man and Child Essays in the History of Behavior' with ISBN 9781878205438 and ISBN 1878205439.