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The Practical Essence of Man : The 'Activity Approach' in Late Soviet Philosophy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical Materialism Book SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (210 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004273146
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Practical Essence of ManDDC classification:
  • 197
LOC classification:
  • B4231 .P733 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction (Maidansky and Oittinen) -- Chapter 1. Activity and the Search for True Materialism (Bakhurst) -- Chapter 2. 'Praxis' as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity Approach (Oittinen) -- Chapter 3. Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet Philosophy (Maidansky) -- Chapter 4. The Category of Activity in Soviet Philosophy (Titarenko) -- Chapter 5. The Activity Approach and Metaphysics (Swiderski) -- Chapter 6. Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: 'Activity' and 'Labour' in Soviet Philosophy (Mareev) -- Chapter 7. The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of Activity (Mareeva) -- Chapter 8. The Evolution of Batishchev's Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity Approach (Khamidov) -- Chapter 9. The Activity Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive Studies (Lektorsky) -- Chapter 10. The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity Theories of Ilyenkov and Piaget (Määttänen) -- Chapter 11. The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material Objects (Levant) -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This edited collection of original research represents the first substantial English-language overview of the current in late Soviet philosophy known as the 'activity approach'.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction (Maidansky and Oittinen) -- Chapter 1. Activity and the Search for True Materialism (Bakhurst) -- Chapter 2. 'Praxis' as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity Approach (Oittinen) -- Chapter 3. Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet Philosophy (Maidansky) -- Chapter 4. The Category of Activity in Soviet Philosophy (Titarenko) -- Chapter 5. The Activity Approach and Metaphysics (Swiderski) -- Chapter 6. Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: 'Activity' and 'Labour' in Soviet Philosophy (Mareev) -- Chapter 7. The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of Activity (Mareeva) -- Chapter 8. The Evolution of Batishchev's Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity Approach (Khamidov) -- Chapter 9. The Activity Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive Studies (Lektorsky) -- Chapter 10. The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity Theories of Ilyenkov and Piaget (Määttänen) -- Chapter 11. The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material Objects (Levant) -- Bibliography -- Index.

This edited collection of original research represents the first substantial English-language overview of the current in late Soviet philosophy known as the 'activity approach'.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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