Interview with A.N. Leontiev

Abstract

This interview with Aleksei Nikolaevich Leontiev was conducted by the renowned historian of psychology Mikhail Grigor’evich Iaroshevskii at the end of 1972 (the exact date or dates on which the interview was conducted could not be determined). The interview was tape-recorded, held for a long time in A.N. Leontiev’s family archive, and was kindly provided by Aleksei Nikolaevich’s grandson D.A. Leontiev for publication in this issue of the journal. Deciphering the interview presented considerable difficulties, primarily due to the mediocre quality of the recording. Many names of authors mentioned by Leontiev were nearly inaudible and could only be guessed from the context, which was also the case with single words and expressions and, especially, M.G. Iaroshevskii’s questions to Leontiev.