History and the historical in an era of change

Abstract

The article is an attempt by the author to address the basic issues of the development of history and historical knowledge in the era of turning points and changes. The article discusses the issue of actualizing historical knowledge during periods of changes in the social, political, cultural structure of the state. The author defines the characteristic features for the development of   history  and historical knowledge in the era of turning points.He singles out fear of the past as the first and one of the main elements of comprehension and rethinking of the past.The past, according to the author, at such moments has the property of becoming a landmark in the developing the social and political forces. The denial of history and the historical is also one an element in the development of history in an era of change. A return to indefinite values characterizes the era of transitions, and a number of additional questions arise related to the acceptance of ideas or their interpretations in the present. The author is inclined to believe that during the changes there is arise in the understanding and concept of that the present is a projection of our past, what to a greater extent affects the increase in the relevance of the object under study. The mechanisms of  actualizing historical knowledge and attitudes towards history have been little studied in the scientific literature and require additional involving the historians researchers into the theme since that directly affects our present.