The Making of Mind (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: A. R. Luria
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: The 1920’s to the 1970’s
- Setting: The Soviet Union
- Principal Characters: A. R. Luria, Konstantin Kornilov, Lev Vygotsky
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: History, Memory, Psychology or psychologists, Science or scientists, Soviet Union or Soviets, Intellect, Thought or thinking, Brain
Form and Content
A.R. Luria’s narrative of his life and career began as an outline for an American documentary about his work and eventually developed into an autobiography. The title immediately reveals much about the significance of the book itself: “The making of mind” is meant in two senses. Naturally, Luria narrates the genesis of his own theories and outlines a lifetime of intellectual development—the making of his own mind. Yet he also explores the major issues of nineteenth and twentieth century psychology from the perspective of a sixty-year career. According...
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