Re: Does anyone know...?
Ana M. Shane (pshane who-is-at andromeda.rutgers.edu)
Sat, 31 Aug 1996 00:47:15 -0400
Vera,
I did! I Asked Gita Vygodskaya about her father's knowledge of German. (see
my previous posting) But she can't tell whether what her father spoke to
Lewin was German or Yiddish. We can assume he read in German, maybe even
spoke in German, but we are not sure.
Why is that important?
Well, the picture which emerges about Lewin and Vygotsky connection is
rather interesting. It was a dynamic relationship over quite number of
years. One can see changes in each of their theories over time, which look
like a dialogue.
On the other hand it would be interesting to know whether Yiddish was a
language developed in that area to handle all the sophisticated theoretical
concepts they used. (I think it was, but it is just a hunch - and so far
nothing we know was written in Yiddish by them!!!)
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