The Heart of the Matter

David Bakhurst is George Whalley Distinguished University Professor at Queen's University, Canada. His writings include Consciousness and Revolution in Soviet Philosophy and The Formation of Reason. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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