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Ukhtomsky’s Idea of Chronotope as Frame of Anticipation

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Anticipation: Learning from the Past

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A.A. Ukhtomsky formulated the idea of chronotope at the beginning of the 20th century. I learned about it from N.V. Golikov and I.A. Arshavsky, who were his direct students. The written materials of Ukhtomsky do not contain enough information about the chronotope concept. His references to the works of H. Minkowski and A. Einstein, as well as those of C. Sherrington are interesting for understanding the origin of this concept. That fact that M.M. Bakhtin received the concept of chronotope directly from Ukhtomsky is also important. Thus, chronotope fell within the scope of humanitarian knowledge. Additionally, there are similarities between Ukhtomsky’s idea of chronotope and von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt. The chronotope concept is important for understanding the mechanisms of anticipation in so far as the subject of anticipation can exist only if its existence is possible in chronotope. Thus, chronotope can be seen as a frame of anticipation.

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Notes

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    Formally, von Uexküll was a citizen of the Russian Empire from his birth in 1864 until 1918. His great-grandfather, Berend Johann (1762–1827), was the civil governor (1806–1809) of the Governorate of Estonia (Estlandia) of the Russian Empire. A great number of representatives of the Uexküll family lived at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in St. Petersburg. From this point of view, the works von Uexküll (including those concerning the problem of anticipation) may be considered as originating in Russia, though his connections with German science are obvious. Nevertheless, the question of von Uexküll’s connections with the scientists of St. Petersburg, and in particular with Ukhtomsky, is insufficiently investigated.

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    A discussion can be specifically noted on the possible sources of Ukhtomsky’s dominance concept in the theological doctrine of the descent of the mind into the heart. Arshavsky’s information about Ukhtomsky’s Judeophilia—characteristic for a certain part of the intellectual elite of Russia in the 20th century—is also noteworthy.

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    “The role of anticipation in the art of speed reading and works of V.D. Glezer” (http://zoobrilka.com/referats/27/15804), in Russian.

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    Website—http://www.chronos.msu.ru.

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Chebanov, S.V. (2015). Ukhtomsky’s Idea of Chronotope as Frame of Anticipation. In: Nadin, M. (eds) Anticipation: Learning from the Past. Cognitive Systems Monographs, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19446-2_8

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