English Russian
Известия
Izvestiya of Altai State
University Journal
The News of Altai State University

 Архив журнала «Известия АлтГУ», начиная с 2017 г., размещен на новой версии сайта http://izvestiya.asu.ru
 Актуальная информация о журнале размещена на новой версии сайта http://izvestiya.asu.ru

Print ISSN 1561-9443
On-line ISSN 1561-9451
Issues list
Table of Contents
Historical science and archaeology
About the Journal
Editorial board and Editorial advisory board
Regulations on reviewing research papers
Rules of the articles representation
Publication Ethics of the journal «Izvestiya of Altai State University»
 
3-2(87)2015

V.P. Fedyukin

Philosophy of the World History of A. Toynbee: Synthesis or Eclecticism?

The article analyzes the philosophy of world history by one of the leading representatives of European thought of the XX century A. Toynbee. The reason for addressing the seemingly sufficiently studied work was, in the author’s opinion, not entirely justified assignment of the British thinker to the supporters of the idea of local cultures. It is even more obvious that A. Toynbee himself strongly criticized the views of O. Spengler, stating that local cultures are milestones of time, but not islets shut in history. The author shows that the British thinker prefers compromises combining the strengths of the existing philosophical and historical concepts (universal history, local cultures historical parallelism). This intention is found in his concept of history as a discrete integrity, and in deciding on the boundaries and direction of history. However, this attempt of synthesis is not always successful and often looks electrical. The article is addressed to specialists and to all who are interested in the problems of philosophy of history.

DOI 10.14258/izvasu(2015)3.2-41

Key words: philosophy of world history, the concept of local cultures, the concept of universal history, the concept of the historical parallelism, discrete historical integrity, A. Toynbee, civilization

Full text at PDF, 660Kb. Language: Russian.

FEDYUKIN V.P.
Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia)
E-mail: Fedyukin1958@mail.ru

 

Print Edition of "Izvestiya of Altai State University" © 1996-2017 Altai State University.
All rights reserved. Any of parts of a journal or edition as a whole cannot be reprinted without the written sanction of the authors or publisher. On purchase of a journal to address to ASU publishing house:
Altai State University. 656049, 66 Dimitrova street, Barnaul, Russia. Telephone + 7 (3852) 366351.