ABSTRACT
Among the pioneers of psychology, Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934) may be the best known of those who are least understood. This is not just a problem of historical scholarship: The misunderstanding of Vygotsky started with his own students and collaborators—during his lifetime—and continued after his death. It is, in other words, integrated into the literature. And that literature, as a result, appears fractured and inconsistent. Indeed, the largest and the best intellectual biography of Vygotsky is titled Understanding Vygotsky: A Quest for Synthesis (van der Veer & Valsiner, 1991). Yet even this excellent book is far from providing a full and complete story. The discovery of the real Vygotsky is still to come. Lev Vygotsky, 1925. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203806135/53033083-3e02-48c0-88bf-b3501014f267/content/fig7_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
