TY - BOOK AU - Bradbury, Jill AU - Bradbury, Jill, TI - Narrative Psychology and Vygotsky in Dialogue : : changing subjects T2 - Concepts for critical psychology SN - 9781138551879 U1 - 153 BRA PY - 2020/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York PB - : Routledge, KW - Psychology KW - Conscious mental processes and intelligence KW - Cognitive psychology KW - Cognition KW - Educational psychology KW - Psychologie de l'apprentissage N1 - Series Editor Preface Author Preface Chapter 1 -- Vygotsky's Narrative Subject Chapter 2 -- The subject of psychology: A narrative of Vygotsky and critical psychologies Chapter 3 -- Ubuntu: reconceptualising personhood Chapter 4 -- (Mis)understandings and active ignorance Chapter 5 -- The question of potential: a Narrative of Vygotsky in action, then and now. Chapter 6 -- Educating (Our)Selves: Narratives of (un)learning and being Chapter 7 -- Histories and hope: acting, thinking and being in the present Bibliography N2 - This book draws together two domains of psychological theory, Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory of cognition and narrative theories of identity, to offer a way of rethinking the human subject as embodied, relational and temporal. A dialogue between these two ostensibly disparate and contested theoretical trajectories provides a new vantage point from which to explore questions of personal and political change. In a world of deepening inequalities and increasing economic precarity, the demand for free, decolonised quality education as articulated by the South African Student Movement and in many other contexts around the world, is disrupting established institutional practices and reinvigorating possibilities for change. This context provokes new lines of hopeful thought and critical reflection on (dis)continuities across historical time, theories of (social and psychological) developmental processes and the practices of intergenerational life, particularly in the domain of education, for the making of emancipatory futures. This is essential reading for academics and students interested in Vygotskian and narrative theory and critical psychology, as well as those interested in the politics and praxis of higher education ER -