While reading The socialist alteration of man I was struck by how it seemed he was arguing for a very holistic type education without using that term. His initial arguments focus around how humans are far more affected by our social evolution, rather than the biological one that is happening at a far slower pace. “Primitive” societies are more directly influenced by major social changes, while when they become more advanced this influence is “mediated by a large number of very complex material and spiritual factors.” (Vygotsky, 1930). These complex factors mean that societies are not single…