ECLECTICISM AS A WORLDVIEW: THE CASE OF D. S. MEREZHKOVSKY
The article is devoted to eclecticism, its role, meaning and functions in the social-philosophical knowledge. When considering the phenomenon of eclecticism, its ambivalence and heterogeneity of interpretations are shown, the main goal of the "eclectic" flow is justified, and the general cultural background is traced, which has become a fertile ground for the development of an eclectic worldview. Various assessments of eclecticism as a phenomenon and creative process are presented. It is proved that eclecticism, as a special type of worldview, is formed in an intellectual creative environment and strives for integrity and synthesis. The author analyzes the phenomenon of "symbolist eclecticism" and its worldview function using the example of the personality and creativity of the iconic figure of the Russian religious Renaissance, Dmitry Merezhkovsky. The article ends with a conclusion about eclecticism as a productive phenomenon of domestic symbolism and a special type of worldview, which consists in the desire for integrity, unity and "unprecedented syntheses".