Kuramshina I. The conceptual bases of the culturological theory of P.M. Bitsilli

The thesis is devoted to the reconstruction and comprehension of the culturological theory of P.M. Bitsilli in the context of its creative biography and culturological searches of the ХХth century. On the material of the scientist's works, devoted to history of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the culturological bases of its history conception are exposed, sources and features are determined. Actuality of study of the creative heritage of P.M. Bitsilli for modern culturological knowledge is determined by the specific of research of history through the prism of culture and reconstruction of spiritual universe of the epoch. The major questions of culturology are decided in the P.M. Bitsilli's works: the problem of study of culture "from within" using the method of "getting into" and "understanding", about the conformities to the law of development of culture, about cultural progress, about correlation of "culture" and "civilization". Positions and conclusions of thesis research allow to understand the specific of forming of sciences about a culture and feature of modern stage of their becoming, to define the tendencies of their further development, to enhance the prestige of Ukrainian science in whole.