THE PROBLEM OF THE BEGINNING OF HISTORY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION

The paper argues that the problem of the beginning of history is relevant and that systematic approach to historical process is necessary to solve it. Systemic interpretation of the problem of the beginning of history lies in the recognition of specific eligibility of different versions of the starting point. It is stated that the beginning is considered here as a nodal point, as the turning point in the transformation of one system to another. “Quality” is important: break of the cyclic repetition, “discovery” of perspective, towards which lies the trajectory of history. The problem of the beginning of history reveals itself through the fixation of phenomena, then transforming into the extensive infrastructure of history process, hidden in its depths. It is alleged that a specific system, which forms a bridge between the late savagery and history itself, can be characterized as a Megamachine.

history, systematic approach, principle of historicism, culture, civilization