[Xmca-l] Re: German experts: erlibnis vs. befindlichkeit?

[Andy Blunden]

Van der Veer, p. 354 of The Vygotsky Reader.
For a collection of explanations: 
http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/seminars/perezhivanie.htm
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
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Greg Thompson wrote:
> Trying to figure out the main differences between erlebnis and
> befindlichkeit. Anyone?
>
> My question stems from the fact that in the marxists.org version of
> Vygotsky's The Problem of the Environment, the editor (Andy?) notes:
> "The Russian term *perezhivanie *serves to express the idea that one and
> the same objective situation may be interpreted, perceived, experienced or
> lived through by different children in different ways. Neither 'emotional
> experience' (which is used here and which only covers the affective aspect
> of the meaning of *perezhivanie*), nor 'interpretation' (which is too
> exclusively rational) are fully adequate translations of the noun. Its
> meaning is closely linked to that of the German verb 'erleben' (cf.
> 'Erlebnis', 'erlebte Wirklichkeit')."
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