I too feel that the material from the last few months' readings, and the
comments from new participants (or rarely-heard from) have laid out a banquet
for us that we can keep choosing from and benefiting from for a long time
ahead. The stuff is still there -- I think that what we have to assert is that
the INTEREST is still there, too. For myself, I think that my understanding of
Vygotsky, the intellectual climate of the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s,
and the connections between Marx and an as yet unformed (in my mind, at any
rate) theory of personality are changed forever, not by any means yet complete,
but never going to go back to what they were before. Like a complex image that
takes a while to download and develops clarity and detail by quantum jumps --
not finished yet, but definitely on the way.
Helena
"Paul H.Dillon" wrote:
> Dear xmca,
>
> I'm very glad to see that folks are still interested in discussing topics
> spawned in the course of the Leont'ev reading .Various other
> responsibilities and tasks overtook me as we passed from Ch 3 to Ch 4 and I
> wasn't even able to keep up with reading all of the posts. So much came up
> and so many rarely heard participants contributed that I was saddened not to
> be able to further explore the points and issues they raised. It seemed
> that the train had moved into "crossing the Mojave desert" momentum when we
> got to Ch. 5 and I simply didn't see how to get on board.
>
> But one thought kept occurring to me, one question. What would a list of
> desiderata for a theory of personality include? What questions would have
> to be addressed? Could such a list be developed that might garner a strong
> core of agreement?
>
> Anyway, I too would like to say that the silence from this end was due to
> other urgent matters. I for one am really glad about the informative and
> deep discussion that the reading generated even though I feel that I hardly
> had time to absorb and reflect upon it as much as it deserved.
>
> Paul H. Dillon
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