Between Vossler and Bakhtin/Volochínov: proximity and detachment Between Marxism and idealism in philosophy of language

• Grant number: 16/02171-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: April 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Philosophy of Language
• Principal Investigator: Sheila Vieira de Camargo Grillo
• Grantee: Taciane Domingues Ferreira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Comparing the critics made by Bakhtin/Volochinov in Marxism and Philosophy of Language to Vossler with Vosslers and his followers own writings, as with his predecessors (Humboldt and Hegel), the research investigates the influence of the German Idealism in Linguistics in the Marxist Philopshy of Language.