Includes bibliographical references and index.

Activity and the Search for True Materialism / David Bakhurst -- 'Praxis' as the Criterion of Truth? The Aporias of Soviet Marxism and the Activity Approach / Vesa Oittinen -- Reality as Activity: The Concept of Praxis in Soviet Philosophy / Andrey Maidansky -- The Category of Activity in Soviet Philosophy / Inna Titarenko -- The Activity Approach and Metaphysics / Edward℗ M. Swiderski -- Abstract and Concrete Understanding of Activity: 'Activity' and 'Labour' in Soviet Philosophy / Sergey Mareev -- The Kiev Philosophical School in the Light of the Marxist Theory of Activity / Elena Mareeva -- The Evolution of Batishchev's Views on the Nature of Objective Activity, and the Limits of the Activity Approach / Alexander Khamidov -- The Activity Approach in Soviet Philosophy and Contemporary Cognitive Studies / Vladislav Lektorsky -- The Concept of the Scheme in the Activity Theories of Ilyenkov and Piaget / Pentti MaÌ€IaÌ€IttaÌ€Inen -- The Ideal and the Dream-World: Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Significance of Material Objects / Alex Levant -- Bibliography / Andrey Maidansky and Vesa Oittinen.

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