ALEXEY BOROVOY'S PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF POWER
The article is devoted to the analysis of philosophical foundations of one of the least known areas of national social thought - post-kropotkin stage in the development of the ideas of anarchism. The authors seek to show that the anarchist social doctrine was developing by criticizing its main opponent represented by the theory and practice of “real socialism” in the Soviet Union. To argue the renewal of the main statements of the anarchist social doctrine, the authors analyse the philosophical foundations of the views of A. A. Borovoy as a typical representative of anarchist thinkers in the ﬁ rst third of the 20th century, expatriated from Russia, but nevertheless tracking the events in their homeland. The foundations of Borovoy synthetic approach to the interpretation of the social entity of a man are identiﬁ ed in the article as well as the statements of his psychological theory of power are revealed, and the connection between him as a theoretical thinker and the traditions of the Western European philosophy is established. The authors draw attention to the still underestimated by analysts, priority given to the socio-psychological interpretation of the phenomenon of power as well as paradoxical options of an alliance of an individual and society, the people and the state.