Post-Historical Factor in the Contemporary Political Process: a Philosophical Analysis

Authors

  • Robert Kochesokov Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik
  • Larisa Ashnokova Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik
  • Nadezhda Kilberg-Shahzadova Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor Department of Theory and Technology of Social Work Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik
  • Laura Kagermazova Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik
  • Timur Pashtov Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Keywords:

end of history, post-history, political process, ideology, philosophy of history.

Abstract

The article aims to reveal the features of how the ideas of the end of history and post-history influence the contemporary political process. The adherents to the concept of the end of history, while considering the collapse of authoritarianism and totalitarianism and withdrawal of any alternatives to liberalism from the historical scene, ignore the deep crisis of the liberal ideology and liberal-democratic regimes. The main fallacy of the end of history and post-history concept, which exists in the public consciousness, is the confusion of the sense of the end of history and the impasse of historical development with the completion of historical development. The way out of this situation is developing the paradigm of linear historical development, which can adequately respond to the current political crisis, rather than claiming the end of history.

 

Author Biographies

Larisa Ashnokova, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor

Department of Philosophy

Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Nadezhda Kilberg-Shahzadova, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor Department of Theory and Technology of Social Work Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor

Department of Theory and Technology of Social Work

Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Laura Kagermazova, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor

Department of Pedagogical Education

Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Timur Pashtov, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Pedagogical Education

Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov (KBGU), Nalchik

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Published

15-09-2019

How to Cite

Kochesokov, R., Ashnokova, L., Kilberg-Shahzadova, N., Kagermazova, L., & Pashtov, T. (2019). Post-Historical Factor in the Contemporary Political Process: a Philosophical Analysis. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 15(1), 292–306. Retrieved from http://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/749