Evald Ilyenkov and Soviet Philosophy
https://doi.org/10.24833/2541-8831-2020-3-15-180-186
Abstract
This is an extended version of the interview of Prof. Andrey D. Maidansky given to Em. Prof. Vesa Oittinen for Monthly Review journal (New York, USA) in January 2020. The interview was dedicated to the works of the Soviet philosopher Evald Vassilyevich Ilyenkov (1924-1979) which have recently received increasing international attention. The interview sheds light on the reasons for such an interest and outlines the key focus topics of both Ilyenkov’s philosophy and his Cultural-Historical Psychology works.
About the Authors
A. D. MaidanskyRussian Federation
Andrey D. Maidansky — Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Research Associate at the Institute of Philosophy
308015, Belgorod, Pobedy str., 85
V. Oittinen
Finland
Vesa Oittinen — Ph.D. in Philosophy, Professor Emeritus, Aleksanteri Institute
FIN-00014, Aleksanteri Institute, P.O. Box 42 (Unioninkatu 33), Finland
References
1. Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism. 2014. Ed. by A. Levant and V. Oittinen. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 221 p.
2. Maidansky A.D., Oittinen V. 2020. Evald Ilyenkov and Soviet Philosophy. Monthly Review. 71 (8). https:// monthlyreview.org/2020/01/01/evald-ilyenkov-and-soviet-philosophy/
3. Maidansky A. 2018. Spinoza in Cultural-Historical Psychology. Mind, Culture, and Activity. 25 (4). P. 355- 364.
4. Philosophical Thought in Russia in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: A Contemporary View from Russia and Abroad. 2019. Ed. by V.A. Lektorsky and M.F. Bykova. London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 440 p.
5. The Practical Essence of Man: The “Activity Approach” in Late Soviet Philosophy. 2016. Ed. by A. Maidansky and V. Oittinen. Leiden. Boston: Brill. 210 p.
6. Il’enkov E.V. 1977. Uchites’ myslit’ smolodu [Learn to Think from Your Youth]. Moscow: Znanie. 64 p. (In Russian).
Review
For citations:
Maidansky A.D., Oittinen V. Evald Ilyenkov and Soviet Philosophy. Concept: philosophy, religion, culture. 2020;4(3):180-186. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2541-8831-2020-3-15-180-186