История идей А. Лавджоя: примитивизм и эволюционизм в мысли Ж.-Ж. Руссо

Abstract

It is pointed out that A. Lovejoy's first studies in the field of intellectual history appeared almost simultaneously with his first philosophical studies. The history of ideas has argued for two of the most important philosophical assumptions: firstly, ideas exist and influence on the course of history and thought, secondly, man uses ideas to organize the world. Revealing the complexity and contradictions of Rousseau's thought, Lovejoy argued against the most common primitivist interpretation of the thought, assigning him an important place in the development of evolutionary and anti-primitivist ideas.