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Not by bread alone : Lev Vygotsky’s Jewish writings
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Zavershneva, Ekaterina René van der Veer |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | On the basis of both published and unpublished manuscripts written from 1914 to 1917, this article gives an overview of Lev Vygotsky’s early ideas. It turns out that Vygotsky was very much involved in issues of Jewish culture and politics. Rather surprisingly, the young Vygotsky rejected all contemporary ideas to save the Jewish people from discrimination and persecution by creating an autonomous state in Palestine or elsewhere. Instead, until well into 1917, Vygotsky proposed the rather traditional option of strengthening the spiritual roots of the Jews by returning to the religious writings. Socialism was rejected, because it merely envisioned the compulsory redistribution of material goods and ‘man lives not by bread alone’. It was only after the October Revolution that Vygotsky switched from arguments in favour of the religious faith in the Kingship of God to the communist belief in a Radiant Future. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0952695117743408?download=true |
| Starting Page | 36 |
| Ending Page | 55 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| ISSN | 09526951 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 31 |
| Journal | History of the Human Sciences (HHS) |
| e-ISSN | 1461720X |
| DOI | 10.1177/0952695117743408 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2018-04-03 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2018 |
| Subject Keyword | Jewish writings socialism notebooks Lev Vygotsky Zionism |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | History History and Philosophy of Science |
