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The practical essence of man : the 'activity approach' in late Soviet philosophy / edited by Andrey Maidansky, Vesa Oittinen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Historical materialism book series ; Volume 108.
- Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 108
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Russian--20th century.
- Philosophy, Russian.
- Act (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For the first time, this book presents to Western readers a current in the late Soviet philosophy of the 1960s and 1970s known as the ‘activity approach’. It had to some degree a counterpart in so-called cultural-historical psychology, but whilst the work of Vygotsky and Leontyev was received in the West decades ago, its sibling in philosophy has remained virtually unnoticed. Started by Evald Ilyenkov and other young Moscow philosophers in the early 1960s, the activity approach soon became an intellectual mode, leading to several different interpretations of human activity and challenging Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. The book depicts in detail the rise and fall of this remarkable phenomenon in Soviet Marxism. Contributors are: David Bakhurst, Aleksandr Khamidov, Vladislav Lektorsky, Alex Levant, Pentti Määttänen, Andrey Maidansky, Sergei Mareyev, Elena Mareyeva, Vesa Oittinen, Edward Swiderski, and Inna Titarenko.
- Contents:
- Front Matter / Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen
- Introduction / Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen
- Activity and the Search for True Materialism / David Bakhurst
- ‘Praxis’ as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity Approach / Vesa Oittinen
- Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet Philosophy / Andrey Maidansky
- The Category of Activity in Soviet Philosophy / Inna Titarenko
- The Activity Approach and Metaphysics / Edward M. Swiderski
- Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: ‘Activity’ and ‘Labour’ in Soviet Philosophy / Sergey Mareev
- The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of Activity / Elena Mareeva
- The Evolution of Batishchev’s Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity Approach / Alexander Khamidov
- The Activity Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive Studies / Vladislav Lektorsky
- The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity Theories of Ilyenkov and Piaget / Pentti Määttänen
- The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material Objects / Alex Levant
- Bibliography / Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen
- Index / Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-27314-X
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004273146 DOI
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