To the 30th Anniversary of the Institute of Man of the Russian Academy of Sciences (From the Modern History of Philosophy)

Abstract

The article highlights the prehistory and history of the Institute of Man of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which was founded thirty years ago. The cre­ation of the Institute of Man was the result of a powerful scientific and social movement, united by the interest in the problem of man. The scientific program of the Institute of Man was based on a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to human research, developed by academician I.T. Frolov. The result of the de­ployment of complex human studies was the creation of scientific institutions, training courses, departments and faculties, almanacs and journals, dictionaries, anthologies and encyclopedias, the allocation of an official specialty in phi­losophical anthropology. The main milestones on the path of the formation
of philosophical and anthropological research in the 1980s–1990s are traced. Much attention is paid to the interaction of philosophers with outstanding repre­sentatives of special sciences in the complex study of man. It is told about the state general academic program of humanitarian research, within the frame­work of which the creation of research structures for the comprehensive study of man was financed. The main scientific results of the Institute of Man of the Rus­sian Academy of Sciences are summarized and the difficulties that the Institute faced during its existence are highlighted.