Historical-philosophical Approach Research Articles

The Epistemology of Malay Qur’anic Exegesis: A Study of Muhammad Said Umar’s Nur Al-Ihsan

This article examines the epistemological structure of Tafsir Nur Al-Ihsan by Muhammad Said bin Umar. The epistemology of tafsir is an academic discipline aimed at uncovering fundamental questions about the theory of knowledge in the interpretation of the Qur’an, particularly how the truth of a tafsir is verified based on epistemic norms. Tafsir Nurul Ihsan is a significant work of exegesis from the Malay world, yet to date, there has been no serious, incisive, and comprehensive research on the epistemology of Muhammad Said bin Umar’s exegesis work. Thus, this research aims to make a vital contribution by addressing this gap and providing a deeper understanding of tafsir epistemology. By exploring the epistemology of a tafsir, it can grasp its fundamental thought structure. This article employs a historical-philosophical approach. The findings of this research reveal that Muhammad Said bin Umar sourced references for his tafsir from earlier works such as Tafsir Al-Qur'an Al-Adzim, Jami' al-Bayan fi Ta'wil ayi al-Qur'an by Al-Thabari, Anwar Al-Tanzil wa Asrar Al-Ta’wil, Madarik Al-Tanzil wa Haqaiq Al-Ta’wil, and Tafsir al-Jalalain. Additionally, the Sufistic aspect is also elaborated by Muhammad Said in interpreting the verses of the Qur'an. Furthermore, the use of the Malay-Jawi script in his tafsir book signifies the affirmation of Malay cultural identity, indicating that Malay-language tafsirs hold the same authority as those in Arabic.

The Concept of Integration of Science and Islam in Higher Education Perspective of M. Natsir

This research aims to find the concept in Indonesian universities that integration by science and religion in their regulations. The research employs a qualitative method with a historical-philosophical approach, conducting content analysis on the thoughts of M. Natsir to generate a new concept. The research findings indicate, firstly, that the concept of integrating science and Islam in higher education from M. Natsir's perspective involves the integration of Islamic knowledge and general knowledge without secularizing science and Islam. This integration includes mastering foreign languages, particularly Arabic, instilling moral values through ta’dib, enhancing learning through the presentation of arguments, advising, and adopting a wise approach with efforts in higher education to orient graduates towards becoming strong and sincere preachers.

Continuidade espiritual das ideias de Abai e Blaise Pascal (Abai “Palavras de edificação”, B. Pascal “Pensamentos”)

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify the similarity of Abai’s and B. Pascal’s views regarding the categorical apparatus, key ideas, and specifics of the presentation. In the course of the study of this question, the historical-philosophical approach was chosen because of the need to study the core works in the context of the world’s history of thought. Hermeneutics was chosen to be the main method, which allows the free analysis and interpretation of texts, revealing their content from the perspective of non-classical forms of rationality. The eclectic method, together with general scientific analysis, synthesis, comparison and generalization in a complex, allows drawing parallels easily between directly unrelated sources and concepts. In the article, the belonging of Abai and B. Pascal’s philosophy to cordocentrism is determined, the categories of “heart”, “reason”, “will”, “faith”, “science” and their interconnection are revealed, the scope of genre affiliation of thinkers is expanded.

البنية المعرفية للحديث الضعيف عند الإمام النووى (631 - 676 هـ) وتأثيرها في الاستدلال به: دراسة تحليلية تقييمية

This research discusses the methodology of Imam al-Nawawi in formulating the concept of weak hadith and his approach in using it as dalil syar’i. Something needs to be clarified when al-Nawawi (d. 676 H) accepted the usage of hadith dha’if as an authoritative legal argument despite being part of the leading hadith experts who continually protect the authenticity of Prophet's Sunnah. This study addresses two main issues: How does al-Nawawi describe a hadith as dha’if, and how does he use dha’if hadith as a basis for legal rulings? The data analysis method used in this research is descriptive qualitative analysis. The researcher adopts a historical-philosophical approach for this study. This study reached two main conclusions: firstly, the definition of hadith dha’if proposed by an-Nawawi does not contradict the description of the majority of hadith scholars. However, an-Nawawi added some special provisions that must be considered, so there is no rush to weaken the hadith and ignore it to be practiced or make it a legal argument. He used hadith dha’if as supporting evidence or argument in specific religious matters under certain conditions. Secondly, the information leads us to conclude that an-Nawawi's social and scientific background played an important role in shaping his thinking and applying his religious methodology. It also shows that an-Nawawi paid close attention to the continuity of the sanad from when he acquired knowledge to when he passed it on to others. An-Nawawi's concern for sanad indicates its importance as everything establishes the religion's authenticity. Even if the quality of the sanad is weak, it is not a problem to be used as long as the weakness is explained and supported with other authentic sources. If it is not found, we can use other ijtihadi arguments, such as qiyas.

Reviewing John Locke’s Concept of Power From the Perspective of Al-Maududi

The concept of power today is much influenced by the thoughts of John Locke. The power shaped by John Locke gives this country a liberal character. Individual rights are at the centre of all interests. In the history of Islam, some concepts have been very important in shaping Islamic perceptions of democracy. This research is library research because it is library research. The approach used is a historical-philosophical approach. This paper dissects John Locke's democratic thinking, which is analysed using the democratic thinking of a contemporary Muslim intellectual, namely Abu A'la Maududi. Theo-democracy is a system of government initiated by Al-Maududi by combining the concepts of monotheism and trias politica. The Al-Maududi Islamic State must be built on the basis of Islam, which is the main foundation of Tawhid. According to Maududi, power in the form of sovereignty is based primarily on God's sovereignty rather than the sovereignty of the people. The theo-democratic system is divided into three institutions: the legislature, executive, and judiciary.

The Concept of Communication the Renewal of Muhammad Abduh's Thought and Its Relevance in Islamic Education Management Contemporary Era

Renewal is a necessity that the world is always changing from time to time, and Islamic Education Management is no exception. Good management will deliver quality Islamic Education Institutions (better), quality Islamic Education Institutions will produce perfect students. The perfect student is one who has advanced intellect and strong aqedah. According to Abduh, Islamic educational institutions must have a guarantor that can bridge two major cultural products in the world, namely Islam and the West. This research is important because it tries to reconstruct Muhammad Abduh's thoughts on the points of renewal and their relevance to Islamic Education Management, then critically analyzed through a historical philosophical approach to find out the extent to which Muhammad Abduh's thoughts imprinted in the Contemporary era in the context of Islamic Education Management.

Twentieth-Century Music and Mathematics ed. by Roberto Illiano (review)

Reviewed by: Twentieth-Century Music and Mathematics ed. by Roberto Illiano Paul Lombardi Twentieth-Century Music and Mathematics. Edited by Roberto Illiano. (Music, Science & Technology, vol. 1.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2019. [xxxiii, 382 p. ISBN 9782503585703 (hardcover), $156.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, abstracts, biographies, index. Twentieth-Century Music and Mathematics is a compilation of seventeen essays (and an introduction) in English, French, Italian, and Spanish. The first of its two parts, "Twentieth-Century Composers and Mathematics," focuses on specific composers—namely Olivier Messiaen, Iannis Xenakis, Franco Evangelisti, Pierre Boulez, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass (but curiously not Milton Babbitt)—and the last chapter in this part covers a handful of contemporary Spanish composers. The second part, "Music and Mathematics: Theories, Practices, Future," focuses on recent theoretical trends. Although the book has "twentieth century" in its title, its topics are mostly from only the second half of the twentieth century and extend to the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is less of a book on music theory than on the history of music theory, which is by no means a drawback. In the introduction, Massimiliano Locanto explains: My aim, rather, is to put the relationships between mathematics and music into a historical-philosophical context by drawing attention to some crucial moments when the two disciplines adopted similar methodological strategies and were attracted to analogous paradigmatic concepts, thus finding a point of convergence on a fundamental epistemological level. (p. xi) The authors of the essays consider questions about mathematics and musical thought in that they "represent the increasing attraction to mathematical thought as a specific trend of twentieth-century musical modernism" (p. xi). The book in general takes the stance that the composers examined in it are not mathematicians and tend not to directly apply mathematics in their creative processes, but rather that mathematics informs their processes and aesthetics. The book takes a historical-philosophical approach to the mathematics of music. The mathematical details presented are not convoluted, so the layperson will not struggle reading this book. This review does not remark on every author and essay, as every contribution is of comparable merit. Rather, it offers comment on specific essays. Ronald Squibbs and Peter Hoffmann provide two chapters on processes given in Iannis Xenakis's Formalized Music ("Musique formelles," Revue musicale, nos. 253–54 [1963]; expanded English trans. as Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition [Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1971]), the former on stochastic composition and the latter on symbolic composition. Squibbs writes, Xenakis provided a detailed account of the process … in his treatise, Formalized Music, but this account has proven to be difficult to understand by musicians who are not well-trained in mathematics and computer science. … The aim of this modest introduction to stochastic music is to pry that book open a little for musicians (such as myself) who have found Xenakis's description of the process of stochastic composition both tantalizing and difficult to comprehend. (p. 23) Hoffmann also writes, "We cannot be sure that all composers or researchers who have studied Formalized Music really grasped its essence" (p. 41). Both Squibbs and Hoffmann do an excellent job in deciphering the difficult concepts in Formalized Music in their [End Page 640] brief overviews of stochastic and symbolic composition. This volume, however, does not cover Xenakis's strategic composition. C. Catherine Losada has published extensively on the music of Pierre Boulez and, in this volume, shows how mathematical influences inspired Boulez to create "musical systems upon exclusively musical criteria," and define the nature and function of such criteria. In this way, it will yield insight into the music itself, as well as the relationship between the various works in Boulez's oeuvre, thus providing a more nuanced picture of the role of mathematical thinking in Boulez's compositional approach. (p. 91) She outlines how mathematics embodies Boulez's goal to "put contemporary musical thought on a completely and infallibly valid basis" (p. 97, quoting Boulez on Music Today, trans. Susan Bradshaw and Richard Rodney Bennett [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971], 29). Then, she applies her ideas by examining a series of Boulez's compositions from the late 1950s and 1960s. Moving on to...

Konsep Pendidikan Islam di Era Globalisasi: Studi Pemikiran KH. Abdurrahman Wahid

This research aims to explore the concept of Islamic education in the era of globalization from the perspective of KH. Abdurrahman Wahid. The study is based on concerns about the impact of globalization, referred to as "future shock" by the renowned futurologist Alvin Toffler. The researcher observes that the education sector in Indonesia lacks a clear concept to face this wave of globalization. Therefore, this study seeks to delve into the concept of Islamic education in the era of globalization, characterized by neo-modernism, which involves preserving traditional values while incorporating Western modernization. The research adopts the Library Research method, focusing on various literature sources such as books, articles, and newspapers. Data collection employs documentary techniques. The study utilizes a historical-philosophical approach and content analysis as the analytical method. The findings reveal that the concept of Islamic education in the perspective of KH. Abdurrahman Wahid during the era of globalization consists of three core discussions. Firstly, the goals of Islamic education encompass neomodernism, liberation-based education, and multiculturalism-based education. Secondly, the Islamic education curriculum includes the formation of Islamic personality, Islamic culture development, and the advancement of life sciences, skills, and expertise. Thirdly, the methods of Islamic education involve political, cultural, and socio-cultural strategies. Additionally, the concept of Islamic education from the perspective of KH. Abdurrahman Wahid exhibits an eclectic ideology, indicating its distinctive characteristics in the realm of educational ideology. This research hopes that the concept can serve as an alternative reference for the education sector in Indonesia to confront the challenges of globalization.

THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION AND STATE: A HISTORICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH IN TEUNGKU CHIEK DIRUNDENG PERCEPTIVE

Teungku Chiek Dirundeng said that the religion and state an inseparable unit, unlike Soekarno, who saw religion and the state as two separate entities. This research will examine the concept of religion and state in Teungku Chiek Dirundeng perceptive. This research is a library research that used the Historical-Philosophical Approach. The results of this study show that Teungku Chiek Dirundeng is not only a religious leader, but also a warrior in Aceh. From the side of a religious figure, Teungku Chiek Dirundeng is a figure who has carried out many religious activities. From the side of the warrior, Teungku Chiek Dirundeng has tried hard to defend his homeland from the Dutch colonialists. The perceptive of the state as an area that must be defended in order to carry out religious teachings perfectly has given rise to the concept of "sabil war," which is able to raise the spirit of the Acehnese people to fight the Dutch. This concept has succeeded in motivating the people not to give up against Dutch colonialism.

Teacher in K.H. Ahmad Dahlan's Perspective; A Study of Historical Reflection

Teachers became pioneers of change and awakened the intelligence of the native people in the public sphere in the early 20th century. The journey of the nation cannot be separated from the significant role of K.H. Ahmad Dahlan as a figure in Indonesian Islamic education. He established alternative education and prepared militant teacher cadres. This research aims to uncover K.H. Ahmad Dahlan's response to Dutch colonial education with the cadres of his teachers and his conception of the figure of a teacher. This study employs a qualitative approach with data sources from relevant literature such as books, journals, and newspapers or magazines, with a historical-philosophical approach and content analysis. The findings reveal that K.H. Ahmad responded to the need for teachers with a high spirit of struggle. This led him to establish Al-Qismul Arqa (Madrasah Mu’allimin). In K.H. Ahmad Dahlan's perspective, a teacher is a dedicated educator, progressive, and a good role model in the process of educating, teaching, guiding, and inspiring students to become individuals with noble character, devoted to Allah, possessing critical thinking skills, self-confidence, proficient in religious knowledge, broad-minded, and with a strong determination to serve Muhammadiyah, especially, and the Muslim community and society at large. They are ready to be arrows that disseminate the ideas of Islamic renewal amidst society.

Reposisi Dialektis Tafsīr Lughawī: Pergeseran Integratif Pendekatan Linguistik dalam Wacana Tafsir Kontemporer

This article aims to re-read the position of tafsīr lughawī in contemporary interpretation discourse. The background of the research is the fact that contemporary interpretation methodologies have emerged which seem to nullify linguistic reviews in interpretation. Using the critical-analytic method and the historical-philosophical approach, three points are examined: 1.) typology which includes book mapping, commentator, and interpretation methods; 2.) genealogy from its inception to its development; 3.) existential reading of tafsīr lughawī. This study infered 20 mapped tafsīr lughawī book not only use the manhaj al-lughawī but also the manhaj al-adabī, al-balāghī, and al-bayānī. The genealogy of the interpretation of the Qur’ān using a linguistic approach has existed since the time of the Prophet, the Companions, and the Tabiin, then continued until the emergence of interpretation books using lughawī style since the 2nd century Hijri. The main characteristic of tafsīr lughawī is the use of al-‘ulūm al-‘arabiyyah as the interpretating device, such as qawā‘id al-lughah (naḥw and ṣarf), ‘ulūm al-balāghah (ma‘ānī, bayān, and bādī‘), qiraah, and Jāhili Arabic poetry. In contemporary interpretation discourse, tafsīr lughawī is repositioned, in which the rules of interpretation are still used, but the lughawī style is no longer the dominant one for its integration-interconnection with other disciplines to produce a more in-depth and contextual interpretation.

Islamization of Science from a Historical-Philosophical Perspective

This paper discusses the idea of science which tends to get a negative response and does not develop. In fact, the main goal is to provide a new awareness in obtaining modern knowledge in accordance with the needs of Muslims. The main focus of writing is how the nature or purpose of the Islamization of Science. The main focus is discussed with a descriptive qualitative method through a historical-philosophical approach based on literature data.
 This paper shows that the essence of the idea of the Islamization of science is a movement for the renewal of science which bases itself on the fact that modern science is developing contrary to religion, so there is a need for a cleansing liberation movement. This idea has major implications, namely right and wrong between science and religion. In fact, the standard of truth is different from one another so that it forces the truth of one (religion) to justify knowledge or vice versa creates an attitude of human disharmony. Therefore, there is a need for a new awareness that respects the differences between the two in obtaining new knowledge in order to build a more advanced human civilization.

KONSEP BURDAH DALAM PERSPEKTIF JAMA'AH TABLIGH

Aurat is a part of the body that must be covered in Islamic teachings. The female genitalia are all parts of the body except the palms and the face. In the concept of Jama'ah Tablighi, burdah is a cloth to cover the face, like a veil. This study aims to examine in depth the concept of burdah which is an effort to cover the genitals in the perspective of the Tablighi Jama'ah. This research is a qualitative type in the form oflibrary research, with a historical-philosophical approach namely studying the concept of burdah historically and philosophically so as to find the correct meaning. The results of this study indicate that in the concept of Jama'ah Tablighi, burdah is an effort to cover the aurat for Muslim women, this is done because women are the ones who become the motivation for da'wah for their husbands, so that all things that are owned by the wife are only for her husband, including the beautiful face. is a source of slander if not guarded. Because the face is a source of slander, the face becomes aurat for women and must be protected by covering it.

Wilhelm Dilthey's Hermeneutical Methodology in Understanding Text

The research aims to describe the methodology of hermeneutics Wilhelm Dilthey in understanding text. Dilthey was a philosopher who played an important role in developing hermeneutics as a scientific methodology. The study used library research which guides the hermeneutic books and other documents that give explanations of their thinking. This research also used a historical-philosophical approach and content analysis. The results of this study indicate that Dilthey thought of hermeneutics has three formulations in which the text’s interpretation is experience, expression, and understanding. Dilthey's hermeneutics methodology is a process of interpreting text by understanding the author's history, which manifests into a text, language, and discourse.

THE MODERNIZATION OF PESANTREN EDUCATION BASED ON NURCHOLIS MADJID'S PERSPECTIVES

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 This study aims to explore the world of Islamic boarding schools in the perspective of Nuschlish Madjid. Pesantren is not only an institution that only studies religious knowledge, but more than that, pesantren must also be able to answer the challenges of the times, so modernization is needed in it, especially in the digital era. The renewal of the pesantren was heavily influenced by the thoughts of several figures, one of which was Nurcholish Madjid. This research is a type of library research, with a historical-philosophical approach. The results of this study indicate that: 1) The institution of Islamic boarding schools underwent several changes, initially with a single leadership becoming a foundation. 2) The existing curriculum in Islamic boarding schools is undergoing modernization, the learning methods that were previously in the form of sorogan, lalaran, bandongan and halaqoh become a hierarchical method, the pesantren curriculum also includes additional lessons such as vocational (skills). 3) The function of the pesantren has been added, which initially served as the transmission and transfer of Islamic knowledge; maintenance of Islamic traditions; and reproduction of scholars; has now undergone a refunctionalization, namely venturing into social and economic functions so that it is able to keep up with the times.

Spiritual continuity of the ideas of Abai and Blaise Pascal (Abai «Words of Edification», B. Pascal «Thoughts»)

The relevance of the study is derived from the phenomenon of Abai as a people’s prophet, a deep-rooted spirit, a national focus, and a humanistic and educational orientation of his creativity, which is particularly acute both for a modern independent Kazakhstan, and other young countries whose cultures, languages, customs, and moral guidelines have been threatened by economic and sociocultural globalization. In the «Words of Edification» Abai offers a complex of revolutionary strategies for his time, based on the national religious tradition, the elimination of conflict between rational cognitive and spiritual principles of an individual, which makes it possible to establish a strategy of dialogue among cultures in order to strengthen the Kazakh national identity. In this connection, the purpose of the article is to identify the similarity of Abai’s and B. Pascal’s views regarding the categorical apparatus, key ideas, and specifics of the presentation. In the course of the study of this question, the historical-philosophical approach was chosen because of the need to study the core works in the context of the world history of thought. Hermeneutic was chosen to be the main method, which allows the free analysis and interpretation of texts, revealing their content from the perspective of non-classical forms of rationality. The eclectic method, together with general scientific analysis, synthesis, comparison, and generalization in a complex allows to draw parallels easily between directly unrelated sources and concepts. In the article the belonging of the philosophy of Abai and Б. Паскаль to cordocentrism is determined, the categories of «heart», «reason», «will», «faith», «science» and their interconnection are revealed, the scope of genre affiliation of thinkers is expanded. The material of the article is of practical value for understanding the place of Kazakh philosophy in the world’s philosophical tradition, the nature of categories of Abai’s philosophy, and their interaction to build a strategy of effective cultural exchange, preservation of identity, as well as spiritual and moral ideals of the Kazakh people.

The Ontological Choice of the Philosopher

The text reveals the approaches of the philosopher as a thinker to be in the being. Two possible paradigms for achieving the absolute as a form of philosophizing are presented. One is related to the school-academic historicalphilosophical approach, and the other is related to metaphysical experience as an act. The thesis is asserted that the metaphysical goal is achievable only as an individual practical experience of transcendence through the action of the thinker conceived as a precedent. The understanding is argued that it is in the metaphysical act that the thinker objectifies philosophical wisdom, not just the love of philosophy.

PENTINGNYA IJTIHAD DALAM AGAMA PERSPEKTIF MUHAMMAD IQBAL DAN IMPLIKASINYA BAGI TEOLOGI DAN KEMISKINAN

This study wants to see how important the ijtihad by Muhammad Iqbal is on religious knowledge and experience which often causes conflicts of thought among Western and Islamic intellectuals. In his reform efforts, Iqbal focused his attention on the formation of Muslim personalities, through the concept of ego or khudi (personal, self, self-hod). In this context, this article also wants to discuss in detail the implications of Iqbal's thoughts for theology and poverty. This is important, because according to Iqbal, Islamic theology has been stagnant for about 500 years. So that the space for ijtihad is not very developed, and causes Muslims to fall into poverty. It is necessary to review Iqbal's thoughts about insan kamil (perfect human) which can only be achieved if it has passed three phases, namely obedience to the law, self-control, and awareness as God's representative. This research is also in the form of library research on the concept of ijtihad in Muhammad Iqbal's Islamic perspective. As an analytical tool, the author uses a historical-philosophical approach that relates to the history and thoughts of a person who has a deeper and comprehensive meaning. This paper concludes, first, the ijtihad carried out by Muhammad Iqbal is centered on Islamic sciences, such as theology, Sufism, interpretation and so on which have an impact on religious experience, thought, and the formation of good individuals in Islamic society. Second, consistent with the above ijtihad, Muhammad Iqbal formulated the concept of khudi and insan kamil. The concept of insan kamil Iqbal is a further development of the concept of khudi. Therefore, the author synthesizes the two concepts as a subtilization or importance of ijtihad in Muhammad Iqbal's religious perspective.

THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TAFSIR IQTISADI (THE STUDY OF AT-TAFSIR AL-IQTISADI LI AL-QUR’AN AL-KARIM BY RAFIQ YUNUS AL-MASRI

This article discusses the epistemological structure of At-Tafsīr al-Iqtiṣādī li al-Qur'ān al-Karīm by Rafīq Yūnus al-Maṣrī. The author of this tafseer is an economist, a researcher at the Center for Islamic Economic Studies University of Malik 'Abdul' Azīz, and is active in Al-Jam'iyah Ad-Dauliyah li Al-Iqtisād London. The author's background makes this book very interesting to study because not many economists have written tafsir studies. This article is a literature study employing a descriptive-analysis method and a historical-philosophical approach. This study shows that the interpretation of At-Tafsīr al-Iqtiṣādī li al-Qur'ān al-Karīm was written in a tartib mushafi model, and predominantly used tafsīr bi ar-ra'yi with the nuances of the tafsīr iqtiṣādī. The nuances of the iqtiṣādī interpretation come from tafsīr ʻilmī, which shows scientific theories from the Qur’an. Through the tafsīr iqtiṣādī, Rafīq Yūnus al-Maṣrī attempted to show that the Qur’an can be interpreted using an economic approach and argued that the Qur’an provides the existence of economic theories. Among these theories are Musykilah an-Nadirah an-Nisbiyah (relative scarcity), at-Tafḍīl az-Zamanī (time preference), and Ta’dzīm al-manāfi’ (profit maximisation).

Sociopolitical order and chaos in the classical and nonclassical philosophical paradigms: historiosophical analysis

The subject of this research is the study of conceptualization of the phenomena of sociopolitical order and chaos in representations of the classical and nonclassical philosophy. In modern age, socio-philosophical thought viewed political order as the essence of government, which structures the society from top to bottom, eliminating all manifestations of internal chaos that emerge from the social subsystem. The author believes that within the framework of classical and nonclassical science, order and chaos as the essential phenomena were neither opposed to each other nor determined by each other. The study of society is based on the methods of exact sciences, which view the government apparatus as a machine mechanism built in accordance with certain procedures and norms. This scientific article relies on the historical-philosophical approach, which allows tracing the evolution of such socio-philosophical doctrines as rationalism, positivism, and post-positivism. Special attention is given to the systemic and synergetic approach. The goal of this research lies in examination of peculiarities of the evolution of socio-philosophical representations on sociopolitical order and chaos in the methodology of classical and nonclassical philosophy. The main results of the conducted research consists in following the development of representations on sociopolitical order and chaos from the linear-evolutionary paradigm towards the nonlinear paradigm. The conclusion is made on the need to explore the sociopolitical order and chaos in dialectical interrelation from the perspective of synergetic methodology.