ABSTRACT
The understanding of Soviet psychology is facilitated by comparing it with the other schools of thought – in particular with the various systematic positions to be found in Western Europe, Britain, and North America. There is another reason for placing it in this context. As we have attempted to show, the essential nature of Soviet psychology cannot be understood without some basic knowledge of the historical roots from which it developed. This includes not only the Russian influences of a historical, social, and intellectual kind; it also involves consideration of the development of psychology in Western Europe. In this concluding chapter we will attempt to point to the historical connection between Soviet and European psychology, indicating at the same time the main sources of the theoretical impasse between these protagonists.
