Practical Essence Of Man: The 'activity Approach' In Late Soviet Philosophy

Historical Materialism Volume 108

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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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 in the early '60s, the activity approach soon became an intellectual mode, leading to several different interpretations of human activity and challenging Marx and Lenin.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-10-10
Mått154 x 230 x 14 mm
Vikt300 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieHistorical Materialism
Antal sidor204
FörlagHaymarket Books
ISBN9781608466986

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Vesa Oittinen is Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki. His research focuses on the history of modern philosophy, especially German, Scandinavian, and Russian philosophy.Andrey Maidansky, Ph.D. (1993), Professor, Belgorod State University, Russia, published monographs and articles on Spinoza, Marx, and Soviet philosophy, and the anthology Spinoza: Pro et contra (St Petersburg: RHGA, 2012).

IntroductionAndrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen1. Activity and the Search for True MaterialismDavid Bakhurst2. ‘Praxis’ as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity-ApproachVesa Oittinen3. Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet PhilosophyAndrey Maidansky4. The Category of Activity in Soviet PhilosophyInna Titarenko5. The Activity-Approach and MetaphysicsEdward M. Swiderski6. Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: ‘Activity’ and ‘Labour’ in Soviet PhilosophySergey Mareyev7. The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of ActivityElena Mareyeva8. The Evolution of Batishchev’s Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity-ApproachAlexander Khamidov9. The Activity-Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive StudiesVladislav Lektorsky10. The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity-Theories of Ilyenkov and PiagetPentti Määttänen11. The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material ObjectsAlex LevantBibliographyIndex