After Piaget [Paperback]

After Piagetproves that Jean Piaget's work is critical for understanding some of the most current proposals in the study of psychological development. It analyses Piaget's legacy, moving beyond the harsh critiques that have circulated since he lost prominence. It also brings together new developments and research practices that have grown out of Jean Piaget's tradition, while providing a retrospective glance into the intellectual atmospheres of different periods at which the contributors encountered Piaget.

This book reveals the richness and coherence of the School of Geneva's research during the last decades before Piaget's death. Contributions from scholars who formed part of the School of Geneva during the 1970s and '80s demonstrate Piaget's influence on such diverse fields as infant development, ethnology, neuropsychology, semiotic development, and epistemology. After Piagetis part of Transaction's History and Theory of Psychology series.

Series Editor's Preface
Restoring Piaget to the World: Looking Back to Construct the Future
Jaan Valsiner

Preface

Introduction
The Fertility of Piaget's Legacy
Cintia Rodriguez and Eduardo Marti

Part 1. Beyond Piaget's Constructivism

1 From Constructivism to Neuroconstructivism: The Activity-Dependent Structuring of the Human Brain
Annette Karmiloff-Smith

2 Piaget as a Pioneer of Dialectical Constructivism: Seeking Dynamic Processes for Human Science
Juan Pascual-Leone

3 Contributions of Piagetian Constructivism to Social Interactionism
Jean-Paul Bronckart

Part 2. From Animal to Infant and Child Development

4 Piaget and the Comparative Psychology of Animal Cognition