Once again about “conceptual positioning” and not only about it

The article is an analysis of V.M. Davydov’s book “Conceptual positioning in line with the regional studies. The experience of Latin American studies and not only...” (Moscow: Ves Mir Publishing House, 2023) both from the point of view of its genre originality and from the point of view of its scientific content. The author substan tiates the idea that the work of the current scientific director of the ILA RAS organically fits into the framework of the intellectual tradition common to both Russia and Latin America, the distinctive feature of which is the syncretism of creative strategies: a combination within the same text of the features of scientific-analytical and imaginativeemotional ways of studying human reality. This combination is typical of the syncretic type of creative personality (also characteristic of both Russian and Latin American civilizations), combining the features of a “scientist” and an “artist” (in the broadest sense). It is emphasized that V.M.Davydov is primarily a scientist, and the main thing that determines the significance of his work is his scientific analysis of the formation and development of the regional studies scientific school of Latin American studies in the context of comparison with other regional studies schools represented in Russian science. Davydov’s work is analyzed in the universal context of changing general scientific paradigms in Russian and world science, and the cognitive basis of V.M.Davydov’s approach is revealed, based on a type of rationality rooted in the Russian spiritual tradition, namely, value rationality, which is in extremely contradictory interaction with capitalist formal rationality of Western origin. According to the author of the article, V.M.Davydov’s book is also a vivid illustration of M.M.Bakhtin’s idea that the main distinguishing feature of humanitarian knowledge is its dialogical character.

“conceptual positioning”, syncretism of creative strategies, syncretic type of creative personality, regional studies scientific school, change of general scientific paradigms, value rationality, formal rationality, dialogical nature of humanitarian knowledge