F.A. STEPUN ON REVOLUTION AS "DISEASE OF INTERRUPTING EVOLUTION"

Abstract

The article presents a philosophical analy-sis of F.A. Stepun's views on social revolution in Russia in the early 20th century. It is noted that F.A. Stepun's concept of revolution examines this phenomenon from the standpoint of spiritual culture, the struggle of ideas and ideologies, which differs greatly from Marxist vision of the problem. The article reveals the basic ideas of F.A. Stepun's theory such as the nature of social revolu-tion, mechanisms for its implementation, driving forces, counter-revolution emerging, post-revolutionary con-sciousness, etc. The research allows of stating that F.A. Stepun saw the main cause of the revolution in splitted national consciousness.