The Role of Personality in History. A Modern Perspective

Discussions about the role of personality in history have been ongoing for many centuries, and a definitive conclusion has yet to be reached. In the pages of this book, you will find fascinating stories about those outstanding individuals who, in one figurative expression, were «meteors that illuminated their age». The monograph reveals the content of existing concepts in historiography regarding the role of personality in history, along with the underlying methodology. The current paradigms in modern historiography are examined: personalist and antipersonalist, as well as their manifestations in the West and the East. An authorial version of solving the problem of the role of personality in history is presented through the concept of «historical selection». This work is of a philosophical-historical nature. It is intended for anyone interested in studying this important topic for contemporary scientific cognition.