THE CRISIS OF EUROPEAN CULTURE OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AND HISTORICAL COGNITION

Abstract

This article investigates the reasons for the loss
of leading position by historical knowledge in the system of
humanitarian knowledge during the early twentieth century
crisis of European culture. It concludes that its primary cause
was in the failure of idealistic romanticism to form elite capable
of meeting social challenges. This resulted in social upheaval
and massive re-evaluation of values. Historical knowledge
was forced out to the backstage by new social sciences.