Victor Ovcharenko was a Russian philosopher, sociologist, historian

Historian

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 and psychologist

Psychologist

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. He also was a PhD., professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1997), academician of the Academy for Humanities Research (1998) and academician of the Academy of Pedagogical and Social Sciences (2000). He co-edited the journals "The Psychoanalytical Bulletin", "The Bulletin of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

", etc. He was a forerunner (with V.S. Stepin) of the Minsk philosophical school "Humanities Encyclopedia". He is considered one of the founders of modern Belarusian sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

.

Biography

In 1969 he graduated from the historical department of the Belarusian State University

Belarusian State University

Belarusian State University , Minsk, Belarus, was founded on October 30, 1921. The BSU is a higher education establishment in the Republic of Belarus.-History:...

 (BSU). After finishing post-graduate study at the chair of philosophy of BSU he wrote his doctoral thesis "Critical analysis of the personality theory of Freud's psychoanalytical system" (1973, BSU). From 1972 to 1982 he worked as a lecturer, a senior lecturer, and an assistant professor of the chair of philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 at the BSU.

In 1982-1983 he was an assistant professor of the chair of philosophy at the Refresher Institute for Lectures of Social Sciences of the BSU. From 1983-1987 he worked as an assistant professor of the chair of philosophy at the Refresher Institute for Lecturers of Social Sciences of Moscow State University

Moscow State University

Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...

, named after M.V. Lomonosov.

In 1987 he was an assistant professor and later a professor (1995) of the chair of philosophy at Moscow State Linguistic University

Moscow State Linguistic University

Moscow State Linguistic University , previously known as Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages is a university in Moscow, Russia. It is the largest and the oldest university in Russia that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. There are about 10...

. His doctoral thesis was "Genesis, Foundations, Forms and Tendencies of Sociological Psychologism Development as a Phenomenon of Social Thought" (1995, MSU).

Scientific achievements

The scientific achievements of V.Ocharenko connect sociological psychologism, the problems of personality

Personality psychology

Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and individual differences. Its areas of focus include:* Constructing a coherent picture of the individual and his or her major psychological processes...

 and interpersonal relations, the contents and models of mind; history, the theory and methodology of psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

 and post-freudism, the human dimensions of world history, alienation

Social alienation

The term social alienation has many discipline-specific uses; Roberts notes how even within the social sciences, it “is used to refer both to a personal psychological state and to a type of social relationship”...

 and humanism, the history of philosophy, sociology and psychology; metaphilosophy

Metaphilosophy

Metaphilosophy, also called philosophy of philosophy, is the study of the nature, aims, and methods of philosophy. The term is derived from Greek word meta μετά and philosophía φιλοσοφία ....

 and methods of teaching philosophy.

He proved that the creation of the Western

Western world

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 and Eastern versions of conceptual humanism

Humanism

Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....

 were one of the first socially significant results of systematic philosophical activity in the Ancient world.

He researched paradigms and trends of classical and modern social thought. In 1990 he elaborated the foundations of the sociological psychologism— "concept that regards action and interaction of social, group and individual psychical factors as a premise of research and explanation of social

Social

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 phenomena and processes" .

In 1993 V.Ovcharenko initiated the campaign to return original documents and materials about the history of the Russian Psychoanalytical movement to Russia

Russia

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.

In 1994 he published the "Psychoanalytical Glossary

Glossary

A glossary, also known as an idioticon, vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms...

" — the first Russian language edition of a dictionary and reference book on psychoanalysis that presented systematized data on the history of psychoanalysis, its ideas and leaders, terminology, founding documents, classical and modern schools and theories. He has marked out three principal stages in the development of classical psychoanalysis: 1) Clinical (1896—1905), 2) Psychological (1905—1913) and 3) Metaphysical

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...

 (1913—1939).

In 1996 V.Ovcharenko worked out the first historical periods of the Russian psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical movement. With Russian psychoanalyst V.Leibin

Leibin, Valery Moiseevich

Valery Moiseevich Leibin is a specialist in psychoanalysis, Ph.D., head of the department of history and theory of psychoanalysis in , Professor of Moscow State Medical Stomatological University, an honorary Doctor of , an honorary member of the interregional public organization Russian...

, he published "The Anthology

Anthology

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 of Russian Psychoanalysis" (in two volumes) describing the first century of Russian psychoanalytical ideas.

V.Ovcharenko introduced the categories of "sociological psychologism", "conceptual problematic complex", "conceptual problematic associations", "latent and contact world history", "dispersed rational sphere", "dispersed psychoanalytical sphere", "multibasisness of a person", etc. He published about 1500 articles in different countries. These include more than 700 biographies of philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and psychoanalysts. He also wrote articles in Russian and foreign journals, encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Main works

• "Psychoanalytical Glossary" (1994)
• "Sociological Psychologism. Critical Analysis" (1990, with A.A. Gritsanov)
• "The Man and Alienation" (1991, with A.A. Gritsanov)
• "The History of Sociology" (1993, 1997, co-author)
• "Philosophical and Social Anthropology" (1997, co-author)
• "Psychoanalytical Literature in Russia" (1998, with V.M.Leibin
  Leibin, Valery Moiseevich
  Valery Moiseevich Leibin is a specialist in psychoanalysis, Ph.D., head of the department of history and theory of psychoanalysis in , Professor of Moscow State Medical Stomatological University, an honorary Doctor of , an honorary member of the interregional public organization Russian...
  
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• "Psychoanalysis. Popular Encyclopedia" (1998, co-author)
• "The Anthology of Russian Psychoanalysis" (1999, in two volumes, with V.M.Leibin
  Leibin, Valery Moiseevich
  Valery Moiseevich Leibin is a specialist in psychoanalysis, Ph.D., head of the department of history and theory of psychoanalysis in , Professor of Moscow State Medical Stomatological University, an honorary Doctor of , an honorary member of the interregional public organization Russian...
  
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• "The Newest Philosophical Dictionary" (1999, 2001, co-author)
• "Modern Western Philosophy" (2000, co-author)
• "Russian Psychoanalysts" (2000)
• "Classical and Modern Psychoanalysis" (2000)
• "The World Encyclopedia. Philosophy" (2000, co-author)
• "Postmodernism. Encyclopedia" (2001, co-author)
• "The History of Philosophy. Encyclopedia" (2002, co-author)
• "The World Encyclopedia. Philosophy of the XX Century" (2002, co-author)
• "The English-Russian Psychoanalytical Dictionary" (2003, in two volumes)
• "The Newest Philosophical Dictionary" (2003, co-author)
• "Sociology. Encyclopedia" (2003, co-author)
• "The History of Psychology" (2005, co-author)
• "Summa Psychoanalitica" (2006, in nineteen volumes)
• "Clinical Psychology. Dictionary" (2007, co-author)
• "The Bolshevist Philosophy" (2008, in three volumes)
• "Psychoanalysis. The Newest Encyclopedia" (2009, editor-in-chief)

Selected articles

• Ovcharenko V.I. The Destiny of Sabina Spielrein
• Ovcharenko V.I. Under the Badge of Destruction
• Ovcharenko V.I. The History of the Russian Psychoanalysis and Problems of Its Periodization
• Ovcharenko V.I. Psychoanalytical Anthropology
• Ovcharenko V.I. Realization of the Unconscious
• Ovcharenko V.I. Status and Authenticity of Psychoanalysis
• Ovcharenko V.I. Intentions and Prospects of the Russian Psychoanalysis
• Ovcharenko V.I. Multibasisness of a Person

External links

• Psychoanalytical and Philosophical Kaleidoscope