On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)

In this article we analyze the shift in Vygotskian science from “archival revolution” to the revelatory “revisionist revolution”, which Yasnitsky and colleagues proclaimed in 2012. The aim of revisionist revolu¬tion supporters is a critical analysis of the scientific heritage of Vygotsky, Luria and...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eb8a3b43dc9d41cba1bea45656746dc12021-11-30T09:48:16ZOn Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)10.17759/chp.20211703191816-54352224-8935https://doaj.org/article/eb8a3b43dc9d41cba1bea45656746dc12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://psyjournals.ru/en/kip/2021/n3/Akhutina.shtmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1816-5435https://doaj.org/toc/2224-8935In this article we analyze the shift in Vygotskian science from “archival revolution” to the revelatory “revisionist revolution”, which Yasnitsky and colleagues proclaimed in 2012. The aim of revisionist revolu¬tion supporters is a critical analysis of the scientific heritage of Vygotsky, Luria and their colleagues, and the demythologization of Vygotsky’s personality as well as the scientific contribution of his school. We ana¬lyze in detail a selected set of the papers within “revisionist” movement and describe their advantages and disadvantages, and further question the soundness of statements of these papers. We justify our disagree¬ment with the exposed by revisionist papers undervaluation of the results of Luria’s Central Asian expedi¬tions. We also refute the assumptions of Yasnitsky and his colleagues about the absence of documentary evidence demonstrating that the heritage and name of Vygotsky were under administrative prohibition during the years of Stalinism, and provide corresponding documents. We conclude that ignorance of one group of facts, tendentious analysis of the other facts, and partiality in the discussion lead the researchers who work on “revisionist revolution” to misrepresent psychological science development.Akhutina T.V.Moscow State University of Psychology and Educationarticlevygotskyluriacultural-historical psychologyvygotskian heritagearchival revolutionrevisionist revolutionyasnitskyadministrative prohibitionHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999ENRUКультурно-историческая психология, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 152-159 (2021)
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topic vygotsky
luria
cultural-historical psychology
vygotskian heritage
archival revolution
revisionist revolution
yasnitsky
administrative prohibition
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
AZ20-999
spellingShingle vygotsky
luria
cultural-historical psychology
vygotskian heritage
archival revolution
revisionist revolution
yasnitsky
administrative prohibition
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
AZ20-999
Akhutina T.V.
On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)
description In this article we analyze the shift in Vygotskian science from “archival revolution” to the revelatory “revisionist revolution”, which Yasnitsky and colleagues proclaimed in 2012. The aim of revisionist revolu¬tion supporters is a critical analysis of the scientific heritage of Vygotsky, Luria and their colleagues, and the demythologization of Vygotsky’s personality as well as the scientific contribution of his school. We ana¬lyze in detail a selected set of the papers within “revisionist” movement and describe their advantages and disadvantages, and further question the soundness of statements of these papers. We justify our disagree¬ment with the exposed by revisionist papers undervaluation of the results of Luria’s Central Asian expedi¬tions. We also refute the assumptions of Yasnitsky and his colleagues about the absence of documentary evidence demonstrating that the heritage and name of Vygotsky were under administrative prohibition during the years of Stalinism, and provide corresponding documents. We conclude that ignorance of one group of facts, tendentious analysis of the other facts, and partiality in the discussion lead the researchers who work on “revisionist revolution” to misrepresent psychological science development.
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title On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)
title_short On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)
title_full On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)
title_fullStr On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)
title_full_unstemmed On Revisionism in Vygotskian Science. Commentary on «In August of 1941» by Yasnitsky and Lamdan (2017)
title_sort on revisionism in vygotskian science. commentary on «in august of 1941» by yasnitsky and lamdan (2017)
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