E.V. Spektorskij as a Historian of «Social Physics»
Keywords:
E. Spektorskij, social physics, Russian philosophy, Russian philosophy in emigration, history of Russian emigrationAbstract
The author analyzes the scientific heritage of the outstanding historian and philosopher Evgenij
Spektorskij. The article studies some details of Evgenij Spektorskij’s biography, because the story
of his life in emigration is still little studied. In the center of the article is the problem of social
physics. Spektorskij developed this problem in the light of historical and philosophical analysis.
The article deals with the question of how and why Spektorskij describes the origin of social
physics through the study of dialogue between the idea of natural and the idea of social. The
author of the article argues that Spektorskij believed that the ancient social life was the general
conceptual basis of the physical outlook of the Modern Age, which gave rise to the phenomenon
of social physics.
