The analytical review presents a wide range of problems of the current stage of development of philosophical and political knowledge in our country. In five issues of the Yearbook "Philosophy of politics and law" (2010-2014) published articles by leading scientists from various scientific centers of Russia on the conceptualization of the philosophy of politics as an educational and scientific discipline, the main problems and discussions on this issue, the historical aspects of the formation of the discipline, as well as such specific problems as the interaction of the state and civil society and the analysis of the two basic categories of philosophical and political knowledge-"politics" and "political".
