So, phenomenology is psychology. Sounds like quintessential positivism- starting with the individual and trying to derive a fundamental of humans. I see why Husserl is first cousin to the existentialists like Heidegger. They all fall into the bourgeois error of primacy of the individual.
Semiotics is fundamentally social because symbols and language are inherently social. Nobody thinks that individuals are born with their own symbol system or language, only the capacity to symbolize or learn languages. CB On 12/1/09, CeJ <jann...@gmail.com> wrote: > While Pavlov might have denied his status as 'pscyhologist', Vygotsky > was considered an outsider to the psychological establishment of his > nation. He seems in terms of his reading (who he cites anyway) and > understandings rooted in the phenomenological traditions (Brentano and > after) which gave the world versions of empirical psychology > (Brentano, Stumpf), but also gestalt psychology, and the philosophical > phenomenology of and after Husserl. In terms of concerns and > approaches, the strongest parallels I can find are Merleau-Ponty. In > terms of mainstream academia today, his biggest impact has been in > American education (they always cite Dewey, Vygotsky and Freire--while > Americans dutifully avoid any Marx or Marxism in Vygotsky or Freire) > and perhaps, although unknown to most who read them now, 'social > semiotics' people, such as functionalist (not Eastern Bloc > functionalism) linguistic M. Halladay. > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
