Carl Ratner (born April 17, 1943) is an American cultural psychologist. He is the Director of the Institute for Cultural Research and Education in

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and an adjunct professor at the

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. He is a member of the

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. He is known for his theory of "macro cultural psychology", which is based on the works of

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psychologist

Lev Vygotsky Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (russian: Лев Семёнович Выго́тский, p=vɨˈɡotskʲɪj; be, Леў Сямёнавіч Выго́цкі, p=vɨˈɡotskʲɪj; – June 11, 1934) was a Soviet psychologist, known for his work on psy ...

. He was a Fulbright Fellow at

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from 2006 to 2007.

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