The Traditionalism of Rene Guenon in the Discourse of Philosophy of History and Social Anthropology

Authors

Rakhmat KARIMOV National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
Rauf BEKBAEV National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24231/wisdom.v21i1.712

Keywords:

tradition, traditionalism, perennialism, philosophy, social anthropology, historiosophy

Abstract

The article provides a complex analysis of the problems of traditionalism in the teaching of Rene Guenon, a famous French philosopher author of works on metaphysics, symbolism and initiation. Attention is drawn to the fact that traditionalism sublimated and produced a theoretical formulation of ideals, systems, values aimed at the conscious cultivation of this worldview. The roots of the philosophical reflection of traditionalism, which originated in ancient times, starting with ancient Chinese and ancient Indian philosophy, through ancient Greek philosophy to its modern doctrines, are analyzed. The concept of Tradition, which Guenon defined as the so-called Primordial Tradition, is considered. A comparative analysis of the problem of intellectual intuition of Rene Guenon and Henri Bergson in the context of social philosophy is carried out. Particular attention is paid to the concept of Rene Guenon’s philosophy of history, in which the basic position is occupied by the theory of cosmic cycles based on the cosmology of Hinduism.

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Author Biographies

Rakhmat KARIMOV, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek

PhD, Dr. of Science in Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Logic of the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Member of the Journal of Central Asian Renaissance. His areas of interest include the history of philosophy, comparative philosophy and intercultural philosophy. Karimov is the author of 2 monographs, 10 textbooks and 47 scientific articles. Recent publications: “History in the Understanding of the Philosophical Discourse of Karl Popper”, “Critical Rationalism and Comparativism as Methods of Philosophy of History”, “Synthesis of Traditionalism and Social Anthropology in the Metaphysics of Rene Guenon”.

Rauf BEKBAEV, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek

PhD student of the Department of Philosophy and Logic of the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Member of the Journal of Central Asian Renaissance. His areas of interest include philosophy of artificial intelligence, history of philosophy, comparative philosophy, intercultural philosophy, philosophy of traditionalism, philosophical anthropology. Bekbaev is the author of 1 monograph and 42 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Artificial Intelligence”: Philosophical Aspects of Understanding”, “Philosophical Traditionalism of Rene Guenon and its Manifestation in the System of Intercultural Dialogue”, “The Transformation of Platonism in the Philosophy of Traditionalism by Rene Guenon”.

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2022-03-28

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KARIMOV, R., & BEKBAEV, R. (2022). The Traditionalism of Rene Guenon in the Discourse of Philosophy of History and Social Anthropology. WISDOM, 21(1), 194–202. https://doi.org/10.24231/wisdom.v21i1.712

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