Interdisciplinary Theory Of Activity

Andy Blunden is an independent scholar in Melbourne, Australia. Andy works with the Independent Social Research Network and the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy and has run a Hegel Summer School since 1998. Andy retired from Melbourne University in 2002.

• Part I. Introduction and Historical Excursus1. Introduction2. Soviet Cultural Psychology (1924-)3. Goethe’s Romantic Science4. The Young Hegel and what drove him5. The Phenomenology and ‘formations of consciousness’6. The Subject Matter of the Logic7. Being, Essence & the Notion8. Subjectivity and culture9. Hegel’s Psychology and Spirit10. Marx’s Critique of Hegel11. Marx and the Foundations of Activity Theory12. Marx’s Critique of Political Economy13. Conclusions from this Historical ExcursusPart II. Lev Vygotsky14. Vygotsky’s Critique of Behaviorism15. Vygotsky and Luria on Romantic Science16. Vygotsky on Units and Microcosms17. Vygotsky on Gestalt and Bildung18. The Significance of Vygotsky’s LegacyPart III. Activity Theory19. Activity20. Activity as the Substance of a Science21. Criticisms of Vygotsky’s concept of Activity22. Leontyev’s Anatomy of Activity23. Leontyev’s Activity Theory and Marx’s Political Economy24. Groups as a Model of Sociality25. Yrjö Engeström’s Model26. Michael Cole and Cross-Cultural Psychology27. The Results of this Immanent CritiquePart IV. An Interdisciplinary Approach28. Collaborative Projects29. Ethics and Collaboration30. Marx’s Critique of Political Economy and Activity Theory31. Towards a Taxonomy of Activity32. Collaborative Projects and Identity33. Collaborative Projects and Agency34. Emancipatory science35. ConclusionReferencesIndex