Ethics as a basis for the development of a scientific school (using the example of the St. Petersburg historical school)
https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1501-2025-15-4-286-298
Abstract
Relevance. Currently, the task of forming and developing scientific schools is relevant for the higher education system. This puts on the agenda of research on the problems of the "scientific school": defining the concept itself, the principles of creating a scientific school, its activities and viability.
Purpose – to identify the principles of the scientific school that contribute to its formation and development Objective: to study the memoirs of different generations of historians whose scientific activity unfolded within the framework of one scientific school; to identify the characteristic features of the scientific school that ensured its development; to trace the continuity of the qualities of a mentor passed down from generation to generation within the scientific school.
The research methodology includes comparative historical and systematic approaches, principles of objectivity and historicism, an empirical method of data collection based on the identification of historical sources - memoirs of representatives of different generations of historians and their source analysis.
Results. From generation to generation of St. Petersburg (Leningrad) historians during the 20th century. not only the methodological foundations and topics of scientific research were transmitted, but also the moral qualities that a mentor should possess. Demandingness towards oneself and towards students, and at the same time respect for the individual, intelligence and nobility were the ethical principles of this scientific school.
Conclusion. The continuity of the ideas of the St. Petersburg historical school consisted not only and not so much in the general principles of scientific and teaching activities, but also in the moral standard laid down by its founder A.S. Lappo-Danilevsky.
Supporting agencies: This work was carried out as part of the state-commissioned assignment of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, project ‘Images of heroes in Russian pedagogy’ (project No. VRFY-2025-0030).
About the Author
I. E. Barykina
Herzen University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Inna E. Barykina, Doctor of Sciences (Historical), Associate Professor, Professor of Departments of Russian History (from ancient times to the beginning of the 19th century
48 Moika Embankment, St. Petersburg 191186
Researcher ID: Q-3442-2018
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Barykina I.E. Ethics as a basis for the development of a scientific school (using the example of the St. Petersburg historical school). Proceedings of Southwest State University. Series: History and Law. 2025;15(4):286-298. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1501-2025-15-4-286-298
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