Affiliation:
1. Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA
Abstract
The professional life of Vladimir Petrovich Zinchenko (1931–2014) is presented from an American perspective. Three themes are highlighted: a) an enduring quest to find some degree of freedom in human action, including his own, b) a deep appreciation of his intellectual genealogy, and c) an abiding generosity toward students and colleagues. Particular episodes of Zinchenko’s life as a scholar are examined from this perspective, with special emphasis given to some of the struggles he encountered in an intellectual atmosphere charged by Marxist-Leninist ideology during the Soviet years.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology,Cultural Studies,Social Psychology