A History of Marxist Psychology: The Golden Age of Soviet Science

by Anton Yasnitsky (Editor)

Overview

An illuminating and original collection of essays on 20th century Russian psychology, offering unparalleled coverage of the scholarship of Vygotsky and his peers.

Yasnitsky et al. challenge our assumptions about the history of Soviet science and the nature of Soviet Marxism and its influence on psychological thinking. He significantly broadens the discussion around Vygotsky’s life and work and its historical context, applying theories of other notable thinkers such as Alexander Luria and the much-neglected philosopher/psychologist Sergei Rubinstein, alongside key movements in history, such as the pedology and psychohygiene. A diverse range of researchers from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the UK, give this book a truly global outlook.

This is an important and insightful text for undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars interested in the history of psychology and science, social and cultural history of Russia and Eastern Europe, Marxism, and Soviet politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367340063
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/26/2020
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anton Yasnitsky, Ph.D. (University of Toronto), is an independent researcher who specializes in the Vygotsky–Luria Circle. He is the author of Vygotsky: An Intellectual Biography (2018). He has also edited Questioning Vygotsky’s Legacy: Scientific Psychology or Heroic Cult (2018) and Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies (2015).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

A new history of psychology: Soviet, Russian, Marxist Anton Yasnitsky 3

Part I Theory 23

1 Reminiscence about future Marxist psychology: one hundred years of solitude Leonid Radzikhovskii 25

2 Sergei Rubinstein as the founder of Soviet Marxist psychology: "Problems of psychology in the works of Karl Marx" (1934) and beyond Anton Yasnitsky 58

Part II Practice 91

3 Soviet psychohygiene, outpatient psychiatry and international knowledge exchanges Grégory Dufaud 93

4 Pedology as occupation in the early Soviet Union Andy Byford 109

Part III Dialogues 129

5 The golden age of Soviet psychology in the mirror of contemporary Marxist psychology in Brazil Gisele Toassa, Flávia da Silva Ferreira Asbahr Marilene Proença Rebello de Souza 131

6 Alexander Luria: Marxist psychologist and transnational scientific broker: a personal account Alexandre Métraux 156

Epilogue 191

Soviet psychology and its Utopias: historical reflections for current science Luciano Nicolás García 193

Index 210