Vygostky, L. S. [Vygostky, Lev Sejenovich]:
Scientific Legacy

Translated by Marie J. Hall ; Prologue by Dorothy Robbins ; Editor of the English translation: Robert W. Rieber

New York [e.a.] : Kluwer [e.a.], 1999. - XIV, 334 pp. - (The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky ; 6).

Mention of Spinoza: The teaching about emotions. Historical-psychological studies: [69]-235, 269-276 (Spinoza: mehr als 100 Erwähnungen, bes. Abschnite 10, 13, 19 (hier bes. 219-222) / More than 100 references, esp. sections 10, 13, 19 (here esp. pp. 219-222)
Other editions / translations: Deutsch/German (1996)
Spanisch/Spanish (2004)

Literature type: Monographs
Language: English
Thematic areas: Anthropology / psychology / doctrine of affections / body and mind, Previous history (e.g. Descartes, Stoicism), Reception history, Comparison of theories
Subject: E
Subject (individuals): Descartes, René ; James, William ; Lange, C. G.

Autopsy: yes
English commentary: "... Spinoza resists all of contemporary desciptive psychology as its irreconcilable opponent. It is he who fought againt the Cartesian dualism, spiritualism, and teleologism resurrected in contemporary desciptive psychology . In this respect, we will have to oppose our understanding of the real connection of Spinoza's teaching on passions with the contemporary psychology of emotions [i.e. mainly in C. G. Lange and William James]..." (p. 220)

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