Historiosophical tradition in the history of a domestic thought

Abstract

A feature of the history of a national idea is the historiosophical tradition inherent in it which is strongly approved since the emergence of annalistic history. The beginning of historiosophical reflections in Russia was largely associated with the distribution of Christianity. The traditionalist system of values which arose on the Greek-Byzantine basis by means of Christianity promoted giving of spiritual integrity to the Russian society, entered a concept of history. The purpose and tasks of the article are the research of formation and development of the historiosophical tradition in the history of Russian social thought, allocation of its main features — a providentialism, an eschatologism, a teleologism, messianism and progressism, the analysis of the concepts “history philosophy” and “historiosophy”. The author considers a historiosophy as such type of a philosophical reflection over the history of which the attention point on problems of originality of national and historical fate of the country, the people is characteristic. The historical and comparative method assuming application of procedures of the establishment of historical identity and distinction of historiosophical doctrines, disclosures of the bases allowing to pull together and differentiate approaches in the understanding of fundamental problems of historical development of the Russian society is the cornerstone of research of historiosophical tradition. The relevance of the problem raised in the article is caused by the fact that during this or that historical period there is a change in the paradigmatic attitudes of historical knowledge. At the same time from time to time the leading position in public consciousness is held by historiosophical concepts. The need for historiosophy is most strongly shown in those societies where the question of national and cultural and historical identity of the individual or people, of his place in a world civilization most, is particularly acute. The attention to those factors that influence the stability of interest in historiosophical concepts in modern Russian society is paid. In article importance of differentiation of concepts of “historiosophy” and “history philosophy” for the purpose of exarticulation of specific vision and interpretation of the problems of history that are not only of purely academic significance is noted.

Keywords:

historiosophy, providentsialism, eschatologism, teleologism, messianism, progressism history philosophy, general history, positivism, neo-eurasianism