Abstract (English):
In the textbook the systematic presentation of philosophical anthropology as an independent field of knowledge, as ideology and as a methodology. Meticulously describes the evolution of the philosophical-anthropological thought in Western and Russian traditions; in the scientific revolution introduced concepts: an anthropological constants, anthropological standard anthropological criteria. The book reveals the methodological potential of these categories in terms of the anthropological crisis and emphasizes the need for a deeper understanding of the nature of anthropology, which plays the role of a constitutive principle of the modern era. The manual meets the requirements of Federal state educational standard of higher education of the last generation in areas of training and 47.03.01 47.04.01 "Philosophy", 47.06.01 "Philosophy, ethics and religious studies". The textbook is intended for bachelors, masters, postgraduates and teachers of higher educational institutions, as well as anyone interested in the philosophy of man.