A Review of Perezhivanie in Sociocultural Theory: Its Concept and Relevant Studies

doi:10.12002/j.bisu.371

Abstract

Abstract:

“Perezhivanie” is a crucial concept in Vygotsky’s thinking, but is also the one that lacks connotations and empirical explorations. Due to the increasing interest in the topic of emotion, the concept of perezhivanie is being revitalized; therefore, it is necessary to provide a more systematic and comprehensive account of its content. Starting from the philosophical roots of sociocultural theory, this paper elaborates on the theoretical content in the concept of perezhivanie, and explores the conceptual content of perezhivanie as a unit of analysis in the context of the dialectical unity of “emotion and cognition” and “society and the individual”. The study then examines different scholars’ conceptual and empirical interpretations of perezhivanie, and explores the paradigms and methods of empirical research guided by perezhivanie in the field of second language acquisition with a view to providing new ideas for future research.

Keywords: Sociocultural theory; emotion; perezhivanie; Vygotsky

摘要：

perezhivanie是Vygotsky思想中至关重要却缺乏内涵解读与实证探索的理念。随着学界对“情感”议题的关注度不断增长,perezhivanie概念正在被重新激活,因此有必要对此概念的内涵进行系统全面的阐述。本文从社会文化理论的哲学根源入手,围绕perezhivanie这一概念,对其理论内涵进行深入阐述,并从情感与认知、社会与个体的辩证统一关系中探究perezhivanie作为分析单位的概念内涵。随后,本文梳理了不同学者对于perezhivanie的概念解读和实证研究,探索二语习得领域中以perezhivanie为指导的实证研究范式与方法,以期为未来的相关研究提供新的思路。

关键词: 社会文化理论, 情感, perezhivanie, 维果斯基

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Qin Lili, Yao Lan, Niu Baogui, Guo Qianru. A Review of Perezhivanie in Sociocultural Theory: Its Concept and Relevant Studies[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2022, 44(1): 11-24.

秦丽莉, 姚澜, 牛宝贵, 郭倩茹. 社会文化理论框架下Perezhivanie的概念内涵与研究综述[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2022, 44(1): 11-24.

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