[Xmca-l] Re: Doubt: Translation - Dictionary of Psychology (Vygotsky and Varshava)

[Andy Blunden]

This is a dictionary of psychology we'd /really/ like to see:

https://www.b17.ru/dic/

Andy

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*Andy Blunden*
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On 8/11/2019 10:54 am, Gisele Toassa wrote:
> Dear Martin, how are you? I hope you are well.
> Actually I did not read it all. As one can understand from 
> its introduction, the authors took other dictionaries from 
> the first decades of Psychology  as an inspiration to the 
> entries. I remember clearly that they mention the 
> world-famous Ribot´s "Dictionary of Psychology". In 
> historic terms, the Varshava & Vygotsky piece it is 
> undoubtly interesting - one can see how they related 
> themselves to the dawn of our science, especially German 
> psychology.
> However, some entries are weird, like "genitalia". It 
> raised doubts on the relevance of the material and 
> potential misunderstandings of Vygotsky nowadays. To my 
> view, it may be either a good resource to understand their 
> work or a sort of 'backfire' to our ambitions for the 
> future of a critical Cultural Psychology.
> The information that I received from another researcher is 
> that Vygotsky did very little in the project. I would say 
> that the entries truly resemble his ideas in the 20´s. It 
> does not express what Vygotsky thought after sticking to 
> the problem of psychological systems, semantic analysis of 
> consciousness and so on. I am even more cautious because 
> Luria and associates never made a move to edit this 
> Dictionary, and as far as I know it is not quoted by 
> others Soviet authors.
> As you can see, it is a potential backfire, and I feel 
> tempted to look for other translation projects.
> All the best, my e-mail is gtoassa@gmail.com 
> <mailto:gtoassa@gmail.com>.
> Gisele
>
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> Em qui., 7 de nov. de 2019 às 21:27, Gisele Toassa 
> <giseletoassa@gmail.com <mailto:giseletoassa@gmail.com>> 
> escreveu:
>
>
>
>     Em qui., 7 de nov. de 2019 às 12:59, Martin Packer
>     <mpacker@cantab.net <mailto:mpacker@cantab.net>> escreveu:
>
>         Hi Gisele,
>
>         This is fascinating! I had no idea that Vygotsky
>         was involved in the preparation of a dictionary.
>
>         What sense do you have of its coverage and
>         perspective?
>
>         Martin
>
>         /"I may say that whenever I meet Mrs. Seligman
>         or Dr. Lowie or discuss matters with
>         Radcliffe-Brown or Kroeber, I become at once aware
>         that my partner does not understand anything in
>         the matter, and I end usually with the feeling
>         that this also applies to myself” (Malinowski, 1930)/
>
>
>
>>         On Nov 5, 2019, at 12:51 PM, Gisele Toassa
>>         <giseletoassa@gmail.com
>>         <mailto:giseletoassa@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         D <mailto:bruno.fiuza@springer.com>ear XMCA
>>         members, how are you?
>>         I am professor of History of Psychology at
>>         Federal University of Goias, Brazil. I have been
>>         studying Vygotsky for two decades and my PhD
>>         subject was emotions and perezhivania in
>>         Vygotsky´s work (my profile:
>>         https://ufg.academia.edu/GiseleToassa).
>>         I would like to ask your opinion in some crucial
>>         questions for us!
>>         I and Dr. Priscila Nascimento Marques are willing
>>         to prepare a translation of Vygotsky & Varshava
>>         "Dictionary of Psychology" from Russian to
>>         Portuguese. In fact, she would translate, I
>>         should only help in the specialized contents.
>>         To our view, it would be a great resource for
>>         scholars and professionals for its acessible and
>>         objective structure.
>>         However, we have some questions: How much of this
>>         dictionary was composed by LSV or Varshava? Why
>>         was it never translated to other languages? Is it
>>         the only edition ever published? See below its
>>         sole edition that is in our possession.
>>         We are aware of our responsability, once that a
>>         new translation tends to determine the future of
>>         our discipline, and we would like to know pros
>>         and cons of this decision.
>>         Thanks a lot for whom may contribute to our
>>         decision...
>>         Gisele
>>
>>         Vigotski & Varshava (1931) - Psikhologuitchesk...
>>         <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxzaInGaT8VidTZNZU1adG5IRTQ/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>         -- 
>>
>>         Abraço/Best regards,
>>         Gisele Toassa
>>         ---
>>         "Nada estimo mais, entre todas as coisas que não
>>         estão em meu poder, do que adquirir aliança de
>>         amizade com homens que amem sinceramente a
>>         verdade" (Espinosa)
>>         ---
>>         https://ufg.academia.edu/GiseleToassa.
>
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