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Materialist Psychology

A historical and theoretical archive of attempts to explain mind, behavior, and development through material life.

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Thesis

Mainstream psychology often split mind from social life, reducing development to isolated cognition or decontextualized behavior. Materialist psychology tracks a different lineage that ties psyche to labor, institutions, class relations, embodiment, and historical change.

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Marx and Engels to Sechenov, Pavlov, and Bekhterev. Vygotsky, Luria, and Leontiev to Wallon, Politzer, and Seve. Bourdieu to AST.

Three entry paths

Start with History

Follow the chronology and institutional breaks across traditions.

Start with Core Concepts

Use the encyclopedia to map key categories and definitions.

Start with AST

Review the proposed synthesis and its evidence stack.