Марксизм и марксистская политэкономия в трудах С.Н. Булгакова

Abstract

Subject/topic. The article examines S.N. Bulgakov's views on Marxist doctrine and its component part - political economy. The purpose of the study is Bulgakov's critical analysis of the Marxist theory that prevailed in Russian economics. Methodology. The article is based on the economic works of Bulgakov. In preparing the article, the author used the dialectical method, applied general scientific methods (analysis and synthesis, logical reasoning), specifically scientific methods (chronological, historical and genetic methods). The results. Bulgakov's views on the main theoretical and methodological provisions of Marxism and its political economy are presented. The article reveals Bulgakov's scientific contribution to the formulation and solution of problems that were of urgent importance for Russian economic science. The difference in the study of the economy and economic processes based on spiritual, moral and rationalistic principles is shown. Conclusions/significance. The views of the scientist on the key theoretical problems of political economy, i.e. economic determinism, the place of a person in different economic systems, work, motivation and goal-setting of an individual in economic activity, the importance of culture and spiritual principles for economic development. For modern political economic thought, Bulgakov's historical and economic analysis of the conditions and factors contributing to the formation of new theories, based on the example of Marxism, is of undoubted importance. Bulgakov's generalizing assessment of Marxism, the definition of its advantages and disadvantages, is of interest. Application. The results of the scientific research can be used in the formation of new conceptual solutions in the field of economics, forecasts and scenarios of socio-economic development of modern Russia.