THE PHILOSOPHY OF EUROPEAN CONSERVATISM IN FOCUS ON POWER AND LAW

The article is devoted to understanding the phenomenon of the philosophy of European conservatism in the context of politics and law. The authors notes the need to update the philosophy of European conservatism taking into account cognitive and applied aspects. It is important to follow the installation to overcome the unscientific and one-sided view of conservatism as an obsolete and reactionary phenomenon of social thought. Conservatism is a full-fledged philosophical trend in political and legal thought along with liberalism and socialism, demonstrating the growth of its significance in the context of the crisis of the liberal tradition. The article analyzes the historical and intellectual prerequisites for the genesis of conservatism in connection with the collapse of the medieval system of Europe and revolutions in the countries of the Western world. Separately, a classification of conservative socio-philosophical concepts is carried out on various grounds: attitude to progress, the role of religion, the national factor, etc. A special place in the study is occupied by the identification of the epistemological and axiological foundations of conservatism: mysticism, anti-rationalism, organicism, solidarity, the cult of public and state interests, elitism and the idea of service, etc.