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It's unfortunate that this was the fate of some important science in the USSR. The story of Vygotsky is similar. His psychological/pedagogical is still pretty
by TotallyOkNGood 5y ago
It's unfortunate that this was the fate of some important science in the USSR.
The story of Vygotsky is similar. His psychological/pedagogical is still pretty influential to this day but he was largely rejected in part because his work challenged the legacy of Pavlov.
Shame that this was the state that was supposed to be rigorously scientific.
- B1FF_PSUVM 5y agoThe problem is that it was an article of marxist faith that "class origin" was a guarantee of correctness - the proletariat was supposed to automatically lead the way to the future. Communist parties all over the world were keen on demonstrating that their central committees had a "proletarian majority", with a sprinkling of helpful intellectuals, which might include the secretary general ...
- fuf_998 5y agoDon't you see any room for a scientific development whatsoever? Or every dogma or fork from a current dogma is accepted normally immediately as it emerges? No, rather let's look into political perspective on this, because we are talking about SU after all.