title: A. A. Zinoviev on the Problems of Historical Comprehension of the Soviet Era
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metadata.value: Somov, V. A.
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metadata.value: Besedina, E. A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-08-07T11:02:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-08-07T11:02:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-06
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metadata.value: Somov V. A., Besedina E. A. ‘A. A. Zinoviev on the Problems of Historical Comprehension of the Soviet Era’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 8, no. 2, 2018, pp. 507–517.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2018.215
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14717
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metadata.value: One of the most urgent issues of social science nowadays is searching and selecting identification
  markers for the definition of history as a science that consolidates humanitarian knowledge. One of the most
  promising directions in this regard is probably an appeal to the scientific heritage of an outstanding Russian philosopher
  A. A. Zinoviev (1922–2006) including his methodology of logical sociology, which is not actively used
  by historians. The importance of A. A. Zinoviev’s methodology, in the authors’ opinion, becomes even clearer if
  we compare it with the methodologies of some modern national and foreign researchers. The article attempts to
  show three areas in the study of social history of the Soviet period raised by the philosopher: the source problem,
  the problem of understanding (analysis), and the problem of synthesis (multidisciplinarity), as well as to discuss
  the principles, approaches, and concrete methods of the studies in Soviet society. A. A. Zinoviev suggested taking
  into consideration the laws of communal behavior that govern life of a particular individual and society as a
  whole. On the assumption of the universality of these laws he spoke about the need to explore social objects
  as the most amenable to scientific analysis and at the same time to use the principle of synthesis of historical
  knowledge by the way of supplementing of the results obtained at micro and macro levels. The article describes
  the main methods of logical sociology, which include, according to the scientist, the methods of defining the
  concepts, mental experiment and combinatorics. In his opinion, only the use of these methods creates a methodological
  basis for the scientific approach and for the study of social objects. The authors came to the conclusion
  that despite its scientific attractiveness the concept of logical sociology can not claim universality. However, its
  practical importance is undoubtedly significant, especially with respect to the history of the Soviet period, which
  remains very politicized and often beyond the scientific comprehension.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 8; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet society
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: A. A. Zinoviev
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: logical sociology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: A. A. Zinoviev on the Problems of Historical Comprehension of the Soviet Era
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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