Preface
Part 1 Beginnings
1 The Riddle of the Self Revisited
2 Social Being and the Human Essence: A Dialogue with F.T. Mikhailov, V.S. Bibler, V.A. Lektorsky, and V.V. Davydov
3 Social Memory in Soviet Thought
4 The Meshcheryakov Experiment: Soviet Work on the Education of Blind–Deaf Children
Part 2 Ilyenkov
5 Punks versus Zombies: Evald Ilyenkov and the Battle for Soviet Philosophy
6 Meaning, Normativity, and the Life of the Mind
7 Ilyenkov, Education, and Philosophy
8 Ilyenkov on Aesthetics: Realism, Imagination, and the End of Art
9 Ilyenkov’s Hegel
Part 3 Vygotsky
10 Vygotsky’s Demons
11 On the Concept of Mediation
12 Vygotsky’s Concept of Perezhivanie: Its Philosophical and Educational Significance
Part 4 Contemporary Applications
13 Memory, Identity, and the Future of Cultural Psychology
14 Minds, Brains, and Education
15 Reflections on Activity Theory
16 Activity and the Search for True Materialism
17 Activity, Action, and Self-Consciousness
18 Freedom and Second Nature in The Formation of Reason
Permissions
Bibliography
Index
