Marxist psychology

Irina A. Mironenko and Veronika A. Rafikova

Chapter 5 in Handbook of Critical Work and Organizational Psychology, 2026, pp 76-93 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter highlights the development of work and organizational psychology, which took place within the confines of the “institutionalized Marxism” in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The prerequisites are traced in pre-Soviet Russia, and subsequently several periods are assessed: the early Soviet period, which was marked by the development of “psychotechnics” and dramatic crash of the latter; the post-war revival and theoretical developments, among which we focus on the most known to the international reader and directly related to work psychology, Alexey Leontiev's theory; and the state of work and organizational psychology in Russia at the end of the Soviet period and post-Soviet influences of Marxism. Discussions are noted on the possibility of application of the apparatus of AT, developed in general psychology, in contemporary practice of applied work and organizational psychology and problems with regard to attempts to apply concepts of international work psychology and organizational psychology.

Keywords: Psychology in Russia; Class Principal in Marxist Psychology; Subjekt Approach; Sergey Rubinstein; Activity Theory; Alexey Leontiev Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035331055
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