Rubinstein, S. L. Being and Consciousness: On the Place of the Psychic in the Universal Interconnection of Phenomena of the Material World (Bytie i soznanie), 1957. In Russian.

Рубинштейн С. Л.
Бытие и сознание: О месте психического во всеобщей взаимосвязи явлений материального мира. / Академия наук СССР, Институт философии.
Москва : Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1957.
328 с. ; Чуть увеличенный формат. Твердый издательский переплет.
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Rubinstein, Sergey.
Being and Consciousness: On the Place of the Psychic in the Universal Interconnection of Phenomena of the Material World. / Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Philosophy.
Moscow : USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House, 1957.
328 pp. ; Slightly enlarged format. Hardcover. In Russian.

This 1957 monograph is a foundational work of 20th-century Soviet psychology and philosophy, written by the eminent scholar Sergey Leonidovich Rubinstein. Published by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR during the pivotal transition of the post-Stalin era, "Being and Consciousness" presents Rubinstein’s definitive philosophical position on the nature of the mind. In this work, he develops the principle of determinism as applied to psychological phenomena, famously articulating that "external causes act through internal conditions." This conceptual framework allowed for a synthesis of dialectical materialism with advanced psychological research, moving beyond crude behaviorism. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the relationship between the material world and subjective experience, including the arrangement of sensory perception, the structure of human activity, and the ontogenesis of consciousness.
Across its 328 pages, Rubinstein addresses the ontological status of the psychic, arguing that it is not a separate substance but a specific way of being that emerges within the universal interconnection of phenomena. His work was instrumental in establishing the "activity approach" in Soviet psychology, which remains influential in global educational and psychological theory today. This slightly enlarged hardcover edition, produced by the Institute of Philosophy, reflects the high scholarly standards of the Soviet academic press. For bibliophiles and historians of science, this 1957 volume is an essential primary source, capturing the moment when Soviet psychological thought reached a new level of theoretical sophistication. It stands as a sophisticated testament to Rubinstein’s legacy as a philosopher-psychologist who sought to bridge the gap between natural science and the humanities.