The Оther as Different in the Constructions of German Enlightenment Historical thought of the 18<sup>th</sup> Century
The article explains the peculiarities of German historical thought of the Enlightenment era in understanding its category of "the other". The extension of the limits of the knowable world in the 18<sup>th</sup> raised this issue to the top of the scholarly agenda. "The other" was seen as "otherness", and not as a completely "alient", was observed rejection, aggressive, misunderstanding and denial. It expressed a notable humanist component of the Enlightenment German philosophy of history, striving for positive, filled with specific knowledge of the diversity of the world and individuals and communities outside Western Europe.