Россия и Европа

Sotsiologicheskie vzglyady Danilevskogo naibolee polno izlozheny v knige "Rossiya i Evropa" (1869), v kotoroy on vydvinul teoriyu obosoblennykh, lokalnykh "kulturno-istoricheskikh tipov" (tsivilizatsiy), razvivayushchikhsya podobno zhivym organizmam. Oni nakhodyatsya v nepreryvnoy borbe drug s drugom i s vneshney sredoy, tak zhe, kak i biologicheskie vidy, prokhodyat stadii vozmuzhaniya, dryakhleniya i neizbezhnoy gibeli. KHod istorii vyrazhaetsya v smene vytesnyayushchikh drug druga desyati kulturno-istoricheskikh tipov.Kachestvenno novym, perspektivnym s tochki zreniya istorii tipom Danilevskiy schitaet "slavyanskiy tip", naibolee polno vyrazhennyy v russkom narode. I etot tip yavlyaetsya sovershenno otlichnym i otdelnym ot Evropy.