On the Past Unity of Psychologists and S.L. Rubinstein's Fate

  • Владимир Петрович Зинченко Department of General and Experimental Psychology; Department of Psychophysiology; Board of Tenured Professors; In memoriam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/1813-8918-2009-3-99-103
Keywords: the USSR Academy of sciences, Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (VKPB), ethics, repressions, strength of mind, humor, courage, fate, rehabilitation

Abstract

The article describes an episode from S.L. Rubinstein’s life connected with his election as a member of the USSR Academy of Science in 1943. The article cites a letter to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) written by leading Soviet psychologists which substantiates the necessity of psychological section within the Academy of Science and  recommends the candidacy of S.L. Rubinstein. Persecutions of S.L. Rubinstein during anti-Semitic campaign in 1948­1953 and his courageous reaction to these persecutions are described.

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Published
2011-01-18
How to Cite
ЗинченкоВ. П. (2011). On the Past Unity of Psychologists and S.L. Rubinstein’s Fate. Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics, 6(3), 99-103. https://doi.org/10.17323/1813-8918-2009-3-99-103
Issue
Vol 6 No 3 (2009)
Section
On the 120th Anniversary of S.L. Rubinstein