Andrei Brushlinky, the head of the Insitute of Psychology, Russian Academcy
of Sciences, was murdered this evening as he was entering his apartment by
a robber.
Andrei and I have had our differences over the years -- he was a staunch
advocate of the Rubenshtein version of activity theory and a severe
critic of Vygotsky and Leontiev. But he was an honest person who did his
best under difficult circumstances, and did not deserve to be murdered for
his money-- of which there wasn't much-- since he worked for the Russian
Academy which has little to pay its scholars.
RIP, Andrei.
mike
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