Outline of the history of philosophy in Ukraine: Kyiv, Naukova Dumka, 1966, 656 p.

Outline of the History of Philosophy in Ukraine is a collective monograph prepared by the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR with the participation of leading scholars and university lecturers of the republic. The publication represents an attempt at a systematic presentation of the history of philosophical thought on Ukrainian lands in the context of the general historical development of society and the Marxist-Leninist methodology dominant in Soviet humanities.

The work traces the evolution of philosophical and sociopolitical ideas from the period of Kyivan Rus, through the development of philosophical thought during feudalism, the early modern era, and capitalism, to the emergence and institutionalization of Marxist-Leninist philosophy in Ukraine in the twentieth century. Considerable attention is devoted to educational and scholarly centers, particularly Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, as well as to thinkers representing various stages of the intellectual tradition.

The methodological foundation of the work is historical materialism, which determines its emphasis on the socioeconomic factors of philosophical development and its class-conditioned nature. A special place is given to the formation and development of Marxist philosophy as the leading ideological current of the Soviet period.

The publication has reference and synthetic value and reflects the level of development of Soviet historiography of philosophy.

Yelyzaveta Smyrnova

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I

Socio-political and philosophical thought in Russia during the period of the decline of the tribal system and the formation of the feudal system

1. The worldview of the Eastern Slavs during the period of the collapse of the tribal system
2. Socio-political and philosophical thought of Kyivan Rus

Chapter II

Development of philosophical thought during the period of the strengthening of serfdom (second half of the 16th-18th centuries)

1. Philosophical thought during the period of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia
2. Enlighteners of the 18th century H. S. Skovoroda, Ya. P. Kozelskyi

Chapter III

Philosophical Thought in the Period of Decline and Crisis of the Serfdom System (Late 18th - First Half of the 19th Century)

1. Idealistic Philosophy
2. Early 19th Century Enlightenment Leaders in Ukraine
3. Philosophical Views of the Decembrists of the Southern Society and the Society of United Slavs
4. Cyril and Methodius Society
5. Philosophical and Socio-Political Views of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko
6. Companions of the Late Shevchenko
7. Development of Philosophical Ideas and the Struggle for Materialism in Natural Science

Chapter IV

The Development of Philosophical Thought in the Period of Capitalism. The First Steps of Marxism in Ukraine

1. The Main Idealistic Currents
2. Philosophical and Sociological Views of O. O. Potebnia and M. I. Drahomanov
3. Philosophical and Sociological Views of Ukrainian Revolutionary Democrats of the Second Half of the 19th Century
4. The Development of Philosophical Ideas and the Struggle for Materialism in Natural Science
5. The Spread of Marxist Philosophy in Ukraine.

Chapter V

The spread of Marxist-Leninist philosophy and the struggle against idealism in Ukraine in the era of imperialism

1. The struggle for Marxist-Leninist philosophy during the period of the creation of the proletarian party and the first Russian revolution
2. The struggle for Marxist-Leninist philosophy after the first bourgeois-democratic socialist revolution before the Great October Revolution
3. The development of philosophical ideas and the struggle for materialism in natural science Marxist-Leninist philosophy after the Great October Socialist Revolution

Chapter VI

Marxist-Leninist Philosophy in the Period of Building Socialism

1. Research and Propaganda of Issues of Dialectical Materialism
2. Research and Propaganda of Issues of Historical Materialism
3. The Struggle for Dialectical Materialism in Natural Science
4. Research on the History of Philosophy
5. The Struggle of Marxist-Leninist Philosophy Against Reactionary Bourgeois Philosophy in Western Ukraine in the 1920s and 1930s

Chapter VII

Marxist-Leninist Philosophy in Ukraine during the Period of Extensive Construction of Communism

1. Research and Propaganda of Issues of Dialectical Materialism
2. Development and Propaganda of Issues of Historical Materialism
3. Philosophical Problems of Modern Natural Science
4. Research into the History of Philosophy

Summary