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

Andrey Maidansky

ISBN 10: 1608466981 / ISBN 13: 9781608466986

Published by Haymarket Books, US, 2017

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Practical Essence Of Man: The 'activity Approach' In Late Soviet Philosophy
• Publisher: Haymarket Books, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608466981
• ISBN 13: 9781608466986
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book presents to Western readers, for the first time, a current in late Soviet philosophy known as the ‘activity approach’. Though lesser known than its counterpart in cultural-historical psychology (the thinking of Vygotsky and Leontyev), the activity approach became an intellectual mode, leading to several different interpretations of human activity and challenging Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy.

About the Author

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).