RUDN Journal of PhilosophyRUDN Journal of Philosophy2313-23022408-8900Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)11701Research ArticleEvolution stages of concept “value”FedorovV AThe Department of State and Municipal Management Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesFedorov_va@pfur.ruBlagovaA SThe Department of State and Municipal Management Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciencesablagva@mail.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia15012016112814012092016Copyright © 2016, Fedorov V.A., Blagova A.S.2016The article describes the history of the evolution of the content, semantic specificity, and the role of the philosophical categories of “value” from antiquity to the twentieth century. It is shown that the tendency of vesting the meaning of “value” in a certain sense, in the history of European axiology developed from the ethical and aesthetic meaning of the concept to ontological, epistemological, methodological and instrumental.ValueaxiologyGenesisethicalaestheticgoodtranscendencevaluesценностьаксиологиябытиеэтическоеэстетическоеблаготрансцендентностьценностные установки