Being included in the space-time continuum, a person regularly subjects the finiteness of his existence and the existence of the world around him to reflection.The paper explores the problem of semantic filling of space with eschatological representations, which manifests itself in various cultures and times. The novelty of the work consists in an attempt to […]
Vasyukov V.L. Logics of self-consciousness
Using the method of combining logical systems, it is possible to describe the work of consciousness by means of logical systems — combinations of various kinds of connections of mental states and causal connections of neuronal states (psychophysical problem). For a pair of such “logics” it is always possible to find a “combined” logical system […]
Mukhina M.V. “You, peasant women, must vote for list No. 2…”: women's participation in the All-Russian Constituent Assembly elections in 1917 (based on materials of Kaluga province)
In the spring of 1917, all citizens of the Russian state received political rights; women, along with men, could take part in the elections to the All-Russian Constituent Assembly, which were the first general elections in the state. While in the capital, which was the epicenter of the main events, women had a certain degree […]
Stepanov A.V. Telephonization of urban middle class in early 20th century Russia
The paper deals with some social aspects of diffusion of telephone communication into the milieu of urban middle classes in Russia during the 1900s and 1910s. General dynamics of the number of telephone subscribers’ numerical growth is studied. The rise of telephone penetration pace on the eve of World War One is registered. A degree […]
Anisimova A.P. Military-historical museum “Energy of Courage” in Hadera
The article discusses the military history museum “Energy of Courage” in Hadera, one of the most successful cultural and educational projects of repatriates from the postSoviet countries during the “Great Aliyah” period (i. e. the end of the 20th — beginning of the 21st century) implemented in the State of Israel. In developing the issue, […]
Abidulin A.M., Dronov M.V. Political and socio-economic situation in Libya in the pre-war period 2002—2010
The article describes the socio-geographical situation in 2002. The following is a description of the process and reforms designed to give impetus to economic growth and integrate the Libyan economy into the world economy. The ambiguity of the political and socio-economic situation in the country in 2002—2010 is clearly shown. The authors demonstrate how, against […]
Lidov A.A. The history of research of ancient Mesopotamian’s maps in the Western scholarship of the 20th—21st centuries
The paper explores the history of research dedicated to maps of Ancient Mesopotamia based primarily on publications of Western scholars of the 20th—21st centuries. The focus is given to studies that bear particular importance for the historiography and help to obtain an adequate understanding of the development of the field of topographic and cosmogonic maps […]
Simonenko E.S. Adaptation of disabled soldiers to civil life in Canada during the First World War (based on materials of the canadian press)
The paper is devoted to the study of government policy in the field of adaptation of disabled military personnel to the conditions of civilian life in Canada duringthe First World War. The article establishes a list of federal and provincial organizations created to develop and implement a comprehensive program for the rehabilitation of military invalids; […]
Luttseva M.V. Features of English legal terminology in a literary text (based on the works of J. Grisham)
The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of usage of legal terms in unusual types of discourse. The scientific novelty of the research is seen in the specification of the functions that perform the units of special nomination used in a literary text. The research is based on the books of modern […]
Babayan V.N., Maltseva M.V. The use of the rhetorical structure theory method and the method of explication in song discourse translation
The interpretation of discourse aims at creating a mechanism that combines all significant elements of the text into a single explanatory structure. In this study, discourse is considered as a set of logical-semantical relations that can be described using a metalanguage. The purpose of the study is an attempt to prove that the automatization of […]
Gorelov O.S. The poetics of birdwatching (preliminary remarks)
The article examines the socio-cultural phenomenon of amateur birdwatching as a poetic-generating structure of a new type of artistic writing and reading practice.The definition of the general features of the literary (primarily poetic) birdwatching optics is based on a comparison with other related optics and types of poets, who take birds into account as a […]
Kashulina E.V. The peculiarities of transformation of “1984” by G. Orwell in the graphic novels by French graphic novel artists
The article discusses two graphic adaptations of the novel “1984”, proposed by the French illustrators and published in 2021. The reasons for the appeal to the classical text in the context of mass culture are investigated and the main types of text transformation in the comic versions of the novel are revealed. A comparative analysis […]
Tyuleneva Е.М. The phenomenon of plastic thinking of a writer-artist: “image of image” in the structure of B. Dyshlenko’s literary text
The article continues a series of the author's studies related to the research of a special type of visual thinking of a writer who is also an artist with direct artistic practice. It is proposed to define this type of thinking as plastic, by analogy with plastic art, emphasizing the characteristic type of work with […]
Poluektova T.A. Women and photography in the Victorian Era (based on the novel “The Romance of a Shop” by Amy Levy)
The article analyzes the sociocultural reality of Victorian England associated with the phenomenon of photography as a new medium and the type of a “new woman”. Both publicistic and fiction style sources are used as research material. Anna Atkins, Julia Cameron, Clementinа Hawarden and others contributed to cultural history not only as the first English […]