Institute of Philosophy
of the Russian Academy of Sciences




  Vladimir Starovoitov
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Vladimir Starovoitov

Vladimir Starovoitov

Date and place of birth

 

December 8, 1951

 

 

Education

  • Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages
  • postgraduate studies: Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPhRAS)

Ph.D. thesis: “The problem of the genesis of the concepts of democracy and personality on the material of ancient Greek history in V-th Century BC”. (Supervisor – Prof., D.Sc. F. H. Cassidy).

Research interests

Ancient philosophy, psychoanalysis, the problems of Self, subjectivity.

 

Professional appointments

1995 – Research Fellow, Department Contemporary Western Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPhRAS), currently Senior Research Fellow.Scientific Secretary of the Branch for History of Philosophy.

 

Teaching
  • 1996 – lecture course on “Modern western philosophy” (GAUGN).

Scientific Publications

Books
  • The Formation and Development of Democracy and Personality in Ancient Greece. Moscow: Canon+, 2026. 208 p.
  • Psychoanalysis in Portraits. 2nd expanded edition. Moscow: Canon+, 2023. 480 p.
  • Psychoanalysis in Portraits. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018. 226 p.
  • Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Major Schools and Lines of Development. Moscow: Canon+; ROOI “Rehabilitation”, 2013. 319 p. (Approved by the Institute of Philosophy RAS; bibliography: pp. 312–318; 800 copies; ISBN 978-5-88373-327-6).
  • Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Integration of Subject-Object and Subject-Subject Approaches. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004. 117 p. (Full text available in PDF).
  • Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Facets of Development. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008. (Full text available in PDF).
Papers
  • Donald Winnicott’s Theory of Early Childhood Development // Topoi of Thought: Western Philosophy of the 19th–20th Centuries in Translations and Commentaries. Ed. by I. I. Blauberg and I. D. Dzokhadze. Moscow: Canon+, 2025. Pp. 361–365.
  • Sándor Ferenczi: Hero and Victim of Depth Psychoanalysis // Ferenczi S. Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality. Moscow: Canon+, 2023. Pp. 7–57.
  • The Theory of Trauma Developed by S. Ferenczi, Its Consequences and Treatment // Ferenczi S. Trauma and the Work of Imagination: Selected Papers. Moscow: Canon+, 2023. Pp. 29–42.
  • Donald Winnicott’s Psychoanalytic Theory of Child Development // History of Philosophy. 2021. Vol. 26. No. 2. Pp. 69–81.
  • Methodological Aspects of the Problem of Personality in the Greek Classical Period // Philosophical Sciences. 2020. Vol. 63. No. 7. Pp. 129–149.
  • Academician F. Kh. Kessidi – Teacher and Philosopher // Philosophical Sciences. 2020. Vol. 63. No. 7. Pp. 109–113.
  • Ronald Fairbairn: Life and Work // Philosophical School. 2019. No. 8. Pp. 69–81.
  • Karen Horney on the Consequences of Neurotic Personality Development and Ways of Overcoming Them // History of Philosophy. 2018. Vol. 23. No. 2. Pp. 95–102.
  • Sándor Ferenczi: Hero and Victim of Depth Psychoanalysis // Psychology and Psychotechnics. 2017. No. 3. Pp. 69–81.
  • Anxiety and Ways of Overcoming It // History of Philosophy. 2015. Vol. 20. Pp. 151–168.
  • Harry Stack Sullivan // Journal of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis (online). 2015. No. 3.
  • Karen Horney – “The Gentle Rebel” in Psychoanalysis // Psychology and Psychotechnics. 2014. No. 1 (64). Pp. 41–56.
  • F. Kh. Kessidi. Times and Fates: Memoirs // Philosophical Sciences. 2014. No. 8. Pp. 148–151.
  • Psychoanalysis // Great Russian Encyclopedia. Vol. 27. Moscow, 2014. Pp. 682–683.
  • The Problem of the Self, Personality, and Selfhood in the Work of Paul Ricoeur and in Contemporary Psychological and Psychoanalytic Research // Paul Ricoeur in Moscow. Moscow: Canon+; ROOI “Rehabilitation”, 2013. Pp. 393–408.
  • Chronicle of an Era and the Teacher’s Testament // Kessidi F. Kh. Times and Fates. Moscow: Gumanitarii, 2013. Pp. 5–6.
  • The Post-Kleinian School of Psychoanalysis in the Works of W. R. Bion // Western Philosophy of the Late 20th – Early 21st Century: Ideas, Problems, Tendencies. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy RAS, 2012. Pp. 159–190.
  • The Problem of the Self, Personality, and Selfhood in Paul Ricoeur’s Oeuvre and in Contemporary Psychological and Psychoanalytic Studies // History of Philosophy. 2012. No. 17. Pp. 160–176.
Translations
  • Translation from English: Winnicott D. W. Ego Distortion in Terms of True and False Self // Topoi of Thought: Western Philosophy of the 19th–20th Centuries in Translations and Commentaries. Moscow: Canon+, 2025. Pp. 366–382.
  • Translation from English (with K. V. Yagnyuk): British School of Psychoanalysis. Vol. 2. Ed. by V. V. Starovoitov. Moscow: Canon+, 2025. 352 p.
  • Translation from English: British School of Psychoanalysis. Ed. by V. V. Starovoitov. Moscow: Canon+, 2024. 336 p.
  • Translation from English and German: Ferenczi S. Trauma and the Work of Imagination: Selected Papers. Comp. by B. Kilborn. Moscow: Canon+, 2023. 320 p.
  • Translation from English: Ferenczi S. Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality. Ed. by V. V. Starovoitov. Moscow: Canon+, 2023. 240 p.
  • Translation from English: Reflections on Psychoanalysis: Ferenczi and the Limits of the Method. Moscow: Canon+, 2022. 256 p.
  • Translation from English: Kilborn B. Disappearing and Reviving: Envy, Shame and Suffering. Moscow: Canon+, 2021. 336 p.
  • Translation from English: Ferenczi S. The Clinical Diary. Moscow: Canon+, 2020. 416 p.
  • Translation from English (chapters 3, 5, 6, 7): Fairbairn W. R. D. Selected Works of W. R. D. Fairbairn. Moscow: Canon+, 2020. 320 p.
  • Translation from English: Kilborn B. Trauma, Shame and Suffering. Moscow: Institute of General Humanitarian Research, 2019. 334 p.
  • Translation from English: Sutherland J. D. Fairbairn’s Journey into the Interior of the Psyche. Moscow: Canon+ ROOI “Rehabilitation”, 2019. 368 p.
  • Translation from English: Freud S. Freud and W. Bullitt. Thomas Woodrow Wilson: A Psychological Study. Moscow: Canon+, 2017. 336 p.
  • Translation from English: Alexander F. Psychosomatic Medicine. Moscow: Canon+, 2016. 352 p.
  • Translation from English: Kilborn B. The Crucial Importance of Shame in Clinical Work // Psychology and Psychotechnics. 2016. No. 9 (96). Pp. 766–772.
  • Translation from English: Kilborn B. Human Weaknesses and Psychoanalytic Technique: Freud, Ferenczi and Gisella Palos // Psychology and Psychotechnics. 2016. No. 8 (95). Pp. 664–680.
  • Translation from English: Krystal H. Integration and Self-Healing: Affect, Trauma, Alexithymia. Moscow: Institute of General Humanitarian Research, 2016. 543 p.
  • Translation from English: Hartmann H. Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation. Moscow: Canon+, 2015. 160 p.
  • Translation from English: Spitz R. A. Psychoanalysis of Early Childhood. Moscow: Canon+, 2015. 256 p.
  • Translation from English: Erotic and Eroticized Transference. Moscow: Canon+, 2015. 304 p.
  • Translation from English: Horney K. New Ways in Psychoanalysis. Moscow: Canon+, 2014. 399 p.
  • Translation from English: Guntrip H. Schizoid Phenomena, Object Relations and the Self. Moscow: Institute of General Humanitarian Research, 2014. 534 p.
  • Translation from English: Horney K. Self-Analysis. Moscow: Canon+, 2013. 288 p. (ISBN 978-5-88373-301-6).
  • Edited and translated from English: Szasz T. S. The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct. Moscow: Canon+, 2012. 319 p.
  • Edited and translated from English: Caprio F. S. The Varieties of Sexual Behavior. Moscow: Canon+, 2012. 351 p. (reprint).
  • Edited and translated from English: Horney K. The Neurotic Personality of Our Time. Moscow: Canon+, 2012. 287 p. (reprint).
  • Edited and translated from English: Horney K. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis. Moscow: Canon+, 2012. 256 p. (reprint).
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