Cadernos de Pesquisa (Apr 2009)

Vigotski e Leontiev: ressonâncias de um passado Vygotsky and Leontiev: resonances of a past

  • Elizabeth Tunes,
  • Zoia Prestes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-15742009000100014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 39, no. 136
pp. 285 – 314

Abstract

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O artigo trata do relacionamento entre Lev Semionovitch Vigotski e Aleksei Nikolaievitch Leontiev. Sabe-se que os dois trabalharam juntos ao longo dos anos 20 do século XIX e são considerados fundadores da teoria histórico-cultural da psicologia soviética, juntamente com Aleksandr Romanovitch Luria. Inicialmente, as autoras trazem informações a respeito da biografia e trajetória científica de L. S. Vigotski, fundamentando-as com fatos extraídos de diferentes fontes. O principal assunto abordado, o suposto rompimento ocorrido entre Vigotski e Leontiev, é examinado no artigo, escrito por descendentes de A. N. Leontiev, no qual são publicadas cartas originais de Leontiev e Vigostski. Ao final, as autoras apresentam uma entrevista realizada com o neto de Leontiev, professor Dimitri Leontiev.This article addresses the relationship between Lev Semionovitch Vygotsky and Aleksei Nikolaievitch Leontiev. The two authors are known to have worked together throughout the 1920's and are considered the founders of the historical and cultural theory of Soviet psychology, along with Aleksandr Romanovitch Luria. Initially, information on the biography and scientific trajectory of L. S. Vygotsky is provided based on facts obtained from different sources. The main subject addressed, the supposed breach between Vygotsky and Leontiev, is examined in the article written by descendants of A. N. Leontiev, where original letters written by Leontiev and Vygotsky were published. Finally, there is an interview with Leontiev's grandson, professor Dimitri Leontiev.

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