The role of women in a positivist society: the transformation of social practices of interaction in Auguste Comte.

Abstract

The article addresses the specific aspects of the position and role of women in different stages of their work from the point of view of the positivist concept of Auguste Comte. The research method is a comparative historical analysis of their opinions and reveals the distinction of the social functions of women in the theological, metaphysical and positive stages of the development of society and carries out the systematization of the philosopher's points of view on gender equality. The characteristic of "woman worship" is given as a specific designation of Comte's position in the positive stage. The functions of a woman as a subject of social transformations are defined.