Intellectual and Social-Political Contours of the Soviet Psychology of the 1970s: Based on Archival Materials of the Institute of Psychology and the Russian Academy of Sciences

Konnov, V. I.

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Intellectual and Social-Political Contours of the Soviet Psychology of the 1970s: Based on Archival Materials of the Institute of Psychology and the Russian Academy of Sciences

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S020595920021481-5-1

DOI

10.31857/S020595920021481-5

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Published

Authors

V. I. Konnov

Occupation: A.F. Shishkin Department of Philosophy
Affiliation: MGIMO University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 43 Issue 4

Pages

69-78

Abstract

The article offers an analysis of the situation in Soviet psychology in the 1970s. based on materials from the RAS Archive and the IP RAS Scientific Archive. The analysis applies the methods of intellectual history proposed by the authors of the Cambridge School. It is focused on the transcript of the meeting of the Bureau of the Philosophy and Law Section of the AS USSR on March 30, 1976, at which the results of the inspection of the Institute of Psychology by the section commission were discussed. This document, supplemented by other archival sources and published materials, shows that there were two emerging approaches in the Soviet psychology, which by this time had acquired systemized sources, namely activity theory and systems approach. Rivalry between them was not limited to theoretical disagreements, but reflected the political situation in psychology, which was characterized by the shift of leadership from the APN to the new institute of the “big academy”. The conflict was intensified by the fact that the official doctrine was not prepared to recognize theoretical pluralism and continued to adhere to Marxist monism. Under these conditions, the creation of a theory capable of serving as a framework for a variety of fields of psychological research became a necessary task for the Institute of Psychology.

Keywords

Soviet psychology, Institute of Psychology of AN USSR, systems approach, activity theory

Publication date

15.09.2022

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GOST	Konnov V. Intellectual and Social-Political Contours of the Soviet Psychology of the 1970s: Based on Archival Materials of the Institute of Psychology and the Russian Academy of Sciences // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2022. – V. 43. – Issue 4 C. 69-78 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920021481-5-1 (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920021481-5
MLA	Konnov, V. I "Intellectual and Social-Political Contours of the Soviet Psychology of the 1970s: Based on Archival Materials of the Institute of Psychology and the Russian Academy of Sciences." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 43.4 (2022):69-78. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920021481-5
APA	Konnov V. (2022). Intellectual and Social-Political Contours of the Soviet Psychology of the 1970s: Based on Archival Materials of the Institute of Psychology and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 43(4), pp.69-78 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920021481-5

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