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/Vostellung /is usually translated as 'representation'. /Vorstellen /is literally 'to put in front of', introduce a person to someone or represent them (on their behalf). Also to represent in art. /Sich vorstellen/ is to represent something to oneself, i.e., imagine, conceive, picture to oneself, and thus to produce a /Vorstellung/. This emphasises the subjective state of the subject rather than the nature of the object being represented. In philosophy, /Vorstellung /means 'idea' in the very broad sense /a la /Locke, as thoughts, intuitions, sensations, perceptions, and as "representation" in translating Kant. Or in a narrower sense, /Vorstellung /is contrasted with perception or sensuous intuition, as /Vorstellung /does /not /imply that the object and person are in each other's presence. /Vorstellung /is also to be contrasted with /Idee/, because it /does /have a pictorial element to it,./Darstellen /also means to represent or exhibit, but usually in less detail or more generally stand for. You can use it in the sense of value "represents" (/darstellen/) labour, or all commodities "represent" (/darstellen/) social labour, or how neuronal activity can "represent" (/darstellen/) a thought. It seems to me that the concept of "representation" is not all pictorial here, but more like "evidence of" or "stands for".
This page: http://www.marxists.org/archive/rubin/value/ch12.htm discusses the translation of the Russian */predstavlyat'/* as "represent"
What's the reference in Vygotsky, Martin? Andy Martin Packer wrote:
Dear XMCAers, Are there equivalents in Russian to the Vorstellung/Darstellung distinction in German? The first is generally translated into English as "idea," while the second as "representation." The follow-up question (for double points) would be, how does LSV use these (Russian) terms? Martin __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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