OLEXANDR OLEXANDROVYCH MAMALUY (1939–2023) AS A RESEARCHER IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
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This article analyzes the historical and philosophical work of the famous contemporary Ukrainian philosopher Oleksandr Mamaluy (1939–2023). In this context, two periods of his scientific and creative activity are initially outlined: 1) the Marxist period (until 1992) and 2) the postmodern period (since 1992). Within the framework of the first period, we are talking about the formation of his Marxist philosophical position, in particular during his studies at the Faculty of History of the Maxim Gorky Kharkiv State University (1956–1961), teaching at the Ukrainian Correspondence Polytechnic Institute (Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region) in 1961–1963, postgraduate studies at the Department of Historical and Dialectical Materialism in 1962–1965, teaching as an associate professor (1972), senior researcher (1977), professor (1988) of Kharkiv State University. During this period, Oleksandr Mamaluy defended his Ph.D. thesis “Some Philosophical Aspects of the Problem of Historical Progress (on the Category of Historical Progress in Connection with the General Criterion of Society Development)” (1966) and his doctoral dissertation in “Dialectical and Historical Materialism” on the topic “The Methodology of Marx's “Das Kapital” and the Systemic Unity of Dialectical and Historical Materialism” (1982). In these and other publications of the first period, from the standpoint of Marxist philosophy in the historical and philosophical context, he also analyzed the works of prominent philosophers and representatives of various philosophical schools (Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, and others).
During the second, or postmodern period (since 1992), which coincided with his appointment to the position of head of the Department of Philosophy (later the Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy named after Professor J. B. Schad) of Kharkiv University, Oleksandr Mamaluy in his research first turned to the postmodern tradition (Lyotard, Derrida, Baudrillard, Foucault, Lacan), then expanded his philosophical pursuits with other authors and traditions (Nietzsche, Gadamer, Heidegger), combining them in a certain sense with his previous developments in the Marxist period. Another important part of his work of the second period was the study of the development of university philosophy in Kharkiv. On the one hand, in terms of organization, Oleksandr Mamaluy initiated research among graduate students, doctoral students and staff of the department on the personalities and features of the development of Kharkiv university philosophy from 1804 to the present. On the other hand, he published his own works, as well as works in co-authorship, on the initial period of the development of philosophy at Kharkiv University and other stages of development in the 20th century. In this sense, it should be noted the important contribution of Professor Oleksandr Mamaluy to historical and philosophical research within the framework of modern Ukrainian philosophy as a whole.
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