The practical essence of man: the 'activity approach' in late Soviet philosophy

Product Description
This edited collection of original research represents the first substantial English-language overview of the current in late Soviet philosophy known as the 'activity approach'.
About the Author
Vesa Oittinen, Ph.D. (1994), University of Helsinki, is Research Chief at the Aleksanteri Institute. He published monographs and
articles on Nordic and Russian philosophy, Spinoza, and Hegel.Last publication with Brill is the co-edited volume with Alex Levant,
Dialectics of the Ideal (2014).


Andrey Maidansky, Ph.D. (1993), Professor, Belgorod State University, Russia, published monographs and articles on
Spinoza, Marx, and Soviet philosophy, and the anthology
Spinoza: Pro et contra (St Petersburg: RHGA, 2012).