THE ESSENCE OF HISTORIOSOPHY AS A PHENOMENON OF UKRAINIAN CULTURE IN THE CONCEPT OF KOSTYANTYN KYSLYUK

Abstract

The article presents a historiographic analysis of the culturological monograph by Konstantin Kyslyuk, which embodies the author's sufficiently complete concept of historiosophy as an intellectual phenomenon in the cultural history of Ukraine. In order to reveal the essence of the stated topic, the article takes into account the most important theoretical and historical aspects. According to Kostyantyn Kyslyuk, historiosophy is the most widespread historical and cognitive practice in the Ukrainian environment, which is aimed at understanding cultural and historical events and phenomena in the life of the Ukrainian people. The article analyzes Kostyantyn Kyslyuk's theoretical definition of the concept of Ukrainian historiosophy. The system of his views on the problem of distinguishing the concepts of “historiosophy” and “philosophy of history” is studied, which is an attempt to finally solve this scientific problem. The difference between the types, types, and forms of historiosophy as a phenomenon of Ukrainian culture is analyzed, in accordance with the author's argumentation presented in the monograph. Special attention is paid to the development of historiosophical thought in Ukraine throughout its centuries-old history. Based on the material of the monographic work of Konstantin Kyslyuk, from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 21st century, the article highlights the characteristic features of Ukrainian historiosophy at different stages of development – emergence, formation, maturity, modernization. At the same time, the article analyzes some texts from literary primary sources.The article determines the novelty and practical significance of the scientific cultural and historiosophical concept of Konstantin Kyslyuk in the conditions of the socio-ideological crisis and cultural and political transformations of the first decades of the post-Soviet period of independent Ukraine.The article also highlights the main facts from the biography of Kostyantyn Kislyuk as a prominent figure in the field of scientific humanities in modern Ukraine.