| The Practical Essence of Man: The 'Activity Approach' in Late Soviet Philosophy Contributor(s): Maidansky, Oittinen |
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ISBN: 9004273131 ISBN-13: 9789004273139 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $138.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 197 |
| LCCN: 2015029550 |
| Series: Historical Materialism Book |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.40 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 M tt nen, Andrey Maidansky, Sergei Mareyev, Elena Mareyeva, Vesa Oittinen, Edward Swiderski, and Inna Titarenko. |