The Practical Essence Of Man: The 'activity Approach' In Late Soviet Philosophy
Historical Materialism Volume 108
Published on 10. October 2017
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Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-60846-698-6 (ISBN)
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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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English
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Chicago
United States
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Height: 236 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60846-698-6 (9781608466986)
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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).
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).
Content
Introduction
Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen
1. Activity and the Search for True Materialism
David Bakhurst
2. 'Praxis' as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity-Approach
Vesa Oittinen
3. Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet Philosophy
Andrey Maidansky
4. The Category of Activity in Soviet Philosophy
Inna Titarenko
5. The Activity-Approach and Metaphysics
Edward M. Swiderski
6. Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: 'Activity' and 'Labour' in Soviet Philosophy
Sergey Mareyev
7. The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of Activity
Elena Mareyeva
8. The Evolution of Batishchev's Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity-Approach
Alexander Khamidov
9. The Activity-Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive Studies
Vladislav Lektorsky
10. The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity-Theories of Ilyenkov and Piaget
Pentti Maeaettaenen
11. The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material Objects
Alex Levant
Bibliography
Index
Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen
1. Activity and the Search for True Materialism
David Bakhurst
2. 'Praxis' as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity-Approach
Vesa Oittinen
3. Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet Philosophy
Andrey Maidansky
4. The Category of Activity in Soviet Philosophy
Inna Titarenko
5. The Activity-Approach and Metaphysics
Edward M. Swiderski
6. Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: 'Activity' and 'Labour' in Soviet Philosophy
Sergey Mareyev
7. The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of Activity
Elena Mareyeva
8. The Evolution of Batishchev's Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity-Approach
Alexander Khamidov
9. The Activity-Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive Studies
Vladislav Lektorsky
10. The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity-Theories of Ilyenkov and Piaget
Pentti Maeaettaenen
11. The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material Objects
Alex Levant
Bibliography
Index