Sergei Rubinstein

Sergei Rubinstein
Born
Sergei Leonidovich Rubinstein

(1889-06-18)18 June 1889
Odesa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died11 January 1960(1960-01-11) (aged 70)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Known forActivity theory
AwardsStalin Prize

Sergei Leonidovich Rubinstein (Russian: Сергей Леонидович Рубинштейн; 18 June [O.S. 6 June] 1889 – 11 January 1960) was a Soviet psychologist and philosopher and one of the founders of the Marxist tradition in Soviet psychology.[1] The pioneer of distinct tradition of "activity approach" in Soviet and, subsequently, international psychology.

  1. ^ Yasnitsky, A. (2020). Sergei Rubinstein as the founder of Soviet Marxist psychology: "Problems of Psychology in the Works of Karl Marx" (1934) and beyond. In: Yasnitsky, A. (Ed.) (2020). A History of Marxist Psychology: The Golden Age of Soviet Science (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) (BOOK PREVIEW)