The hegelian sources of cultural historical activity theory

ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HEGEL'S BIRTH

Authors

  • Blunden Andy Marxists Internet Archive Secretary (marxists.org)
  • Andrey D. Maidansky Belgorod National Research University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18413/2712-746X-2020-45-3-427-436

Keywords:

unit of analysis, artifact, action, concept, pseudoconcept, culture, Hegel, Vygotsky

Abstract

It will be shown that at least four foundational concepts of Cultural Historical Activity
Theory were previously formulated by Hegel, viz., (1) the unit of analysis as a key concept for analytic-synthetic cognition, (2) the centrality of artifact-mediated actions, (3) the definitive distinction between goal and motive in activities, and (4) the distinction between a true concept and a pseudoconcept. These four concepts do not exhaust the ways in which Vygotsky, Leontyev and their followers continued the project begun by Hegel. Vygotsky, like Hegel, sees concepts as implicit in the constellation of material culture and the manner of its use in a community, rather than as subjective formations created by an individual brain. Vygotsky’s conception of the genesis of speech and intellect is similar to Hegel’s conception of the genesis of the modern state.

Author Biographies

Blunden Andy, Marxists Internet Archive Secretary (marxists.org)

Secretary of the Marxist network archive (marxists.org), author of monographs on Hegel's philosophy and theory of action, Melbourne, Australia

Andrey D. Maidansky, Belgorod National Research University

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of philosophy and theology Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

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2020-10-06

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Andy, B., & Maidansky, A. D. (2020). The hegelian sources of cultural historical activity theory: ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HEGEL’S BIRTH. NOMOTHETIKA: Philosophy. Sociology. Law, 45(3), 427-436. https://doi.org/10.18413/2712-746X-2020-45-3-427-436

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Vol. 45 No. 3 (2020)

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History of philosophy, social sciences and humanities

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