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Cultural psychology is developing the endeavor of bringing back a focus on the general theory of the human psyche into the horizon of psychological sciences. In this chapter, I discuss some of the relevant philosophical issues of this theoretical framework, such as the focus on the future-oriented nature of psychological processes, the aesthetic dimension of psychological processes, the role of personal agency, and the co-construction between mind and culture. Finally, I discuss the imaginative process as a higher psychological function that can illustrate the approach of cultural psychology.
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Tateo, L. (2018). Imaginative Processes and Culture: Some Philosophical Reflections from Cultural Psychology. In: Tateo, L. (eds) An Old Melody in a New Song. Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92339-0_7
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