Vygotsky’s Concept of<i>Perezhivanie</i>in<i>The Psychology of Art</i>and at the Final Moment of His Work: Advancing His Legacy

This article discusses Vygotsky’s definitions of the concept of perezhivanie, its contradictions, and gaps. The concept of perezhivanie was first discussed by Vygotsky (1965) in The Psychology of Art, and later in 1933–1934 he returns to its discussion. The different meanings of the concept are discussed throughout the present article. Despite the vagueness in the definition of the psychological nature of perezhivanie, the ideas developed by Vygotsky regarding this concept represented an advance in the study of motivation and psychological development in Soviet psychology. At the same time, the concept was an important premise for the study of subjectivity.