SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY —
IS IT A DOGMA OR A WEAPON AGAINST DOGMATISM?
(The Question of One or Many Factors of
Historical Dynamics)
Gumanitarnye nauki в Sibiri, 2007
The paper considers mission and status of
social philosophy, its interrelation with neighbor research disciplines, the problem
of driving forces of historical dynamics and social evolution. The
problematique is formed by discussion among one-factor (economocentrism,
technocentrism, culturocentrism, politocentrism, etc.) and many-factors
approaches. It is argued that the many-factors analysis is more open, flexible,
euristical, and justified. The lines of distinction and different cognitive
functions of social philosophy and macrosociology are revealed. Social
philosophy should not be reduced to looking for unique “general
factor,” it has its own special critical and antidogmatic mission.