Historical consciousness as a phenomenon of social existence
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of the study is to study the formation of historical consciousness as a complex and versatile social being. It regulates and creates a new type of social worldview in a specific historical epoch of the development of public consciousness. The article deals with historical consciousness, is presented as the knowledge of society as a scientific method of knowledge, thereby showing the reflection of the mental activity of a person in the era under study. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that historical consciousness is created on the basis of the principle of historicism, forming an integral system of social worldview. The result of the study was the three levels of historical consciousness identified by the author on the basis of scientific research: 1) ordinary; 2) historical; 3) theoretical. It is concluded that historical consciousness includes in its structure the main elements of public relations between people, which are focused on understanding the place and role of a person in society.
Source: KANT
Author: Sergey Petrovich Zolotarev
Institution: Stavropol State Agrarian University
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4285449108