Leont'ev

=A. N. Leont'ev= []
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 * [|1] [|Theorist]
 * [|2] [|Biography]
 * [|3] [|List of Works]
 * [|4] [|Weblinks]
 * [|5] [|Media]
 * [|6] [|Sources]
 * [|7] [|External links] ||

[[|edit]] Theorist
Alexei Nikolaevich Leont'ev/Leontiev (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Леонтьев) (1903–1979), Soviet developmental psychologist, a contributor to the development of [|Activity Theory].



[[|edit]] Biography
Alexi Nikolaevich Leont'ev (1903-1979) was a Russian psychologist who was instrumental in the development of [|Activity Theory]. Leont'ev worked closely with [|Lev Vygotsky] for a number of years (1924-1930). Dissatisfied with behaviouristic explanations of human behaviour, Leont'ev and Vygotsky developed a Marxist based approach to psychology, which stressed the importance of social interactions in human development. After his work with Vygotsky, Leont'ev moved to Kharkov in 1931. Leont'ev later joined Moscow University and became head of the Psychology Department in the Faculty of Philosophy, then the first Dean of the Faculty of Psychology. Leont'ev worked at Moscow University until his death in 1979. [|Return to Top] 

[[|edit]] List of Works
Leont'ev, A. N. (1978). Activity, consciousness, and personality. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. Leont'ev (Leontyev) A. N. (1981). Problems of the development of the mind. Moscow: Progress Publishers.

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[[|edit]] Weblinks
Leont'ev, A. N. (1978). Activity, consciousness, and personality. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. Available online at: [|[1]] Infromation collected at Wikipedia at: [|[2]] From the Marxist Encyclopedia at: [|[3]] [|Return to Top] 

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[[|edit]] Sources
Encyclopedia of Marxism: [] Wikipedia entry: [] MArxist Internet Archive: []

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[[|edit]] External links
In English Wertsch, J. V. The Concept of Activity in Soviet Psychology. Sharpe, 1981. Veer, R.v.D. and Valsiner, J. Understanding Vygotsky: a quest for synthesis. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991. Leontiev, A. A. The Life and Creative Path of A.N. Leontiev. Journal of Russian & East European Psychology, May/Jun2005, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p8-69, Leontiev, A.N., The Development of Mind, a reproduction of the Progress Publishers 1981 edition, plus “Activity and Consciousness,” originally published by Progress Publishers, 1977, published by Erythrospress, see Erythrospress.com [|Return to Top]