This article focuses on the ethnic and religious diversity of the region, as well as the problems faced by the countries of the Middle East in recent years. The following research methods were used during the writing of the article: historical-systemic and general scientific (synthesis and analysis). The object of this research is the ethnic […]
Yudin K.A. “The Soviets should not underestimate our resolve”, or “let's engage in culture”: the specifics of the Soviet-American “cold” dialogue in the late 1970’s — 1980’s
The article is devoted to the specifics of Soviet-American relations. The main sources were documents of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR, mainly introducedinto scientific circulation for the first time, as well as memoirs, journalism and other materials. It is shown that the Ministry of Culture was the leading institutional channel with a wide […]
Tumakov D.V. North Ossetia in the assessments of the Russian press in the early 1990’s
Using the example of the largest metropolitan periodicals of the early 1990s, the article analyzes the assessments that were given to North Ossetia in the Russian central press of those years. The media materials of various political views are used as a source. The following aspects became the subject of interest of the capital's journalists […]
Sayapin V.O. Gilbert Simondon's theory of individuation and its role in understanding digital social networks
This article, drawing on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon, who turns 100 in 2024, argues that his theory of individuation offers new perspectives for adequatelyunderstanding the anthropological and technosocial implications of the ongoing digital transformations in today's networked society. Individuation theory for the digital world is a conceptualization of natural entities, humans and technical entities, […]
Dokuchaev D.S., Strobykin K.A. Regional political agenda: concept, actors and formation mechanisms
This article explores the regional political agenda as a key element of the regional information space. The authors offer a theoretical interpretation of this phenomenon through the lens of Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems and critical discourse analysis. The regional political agenda is examined as a self-reference mechanism within regional discourse and is defined […]
Nikolaeva A.S. A model of modern media discourse in the context of synergetics and quantum field theory
The article is devoted to the phenomenon of modern media discourse. The methodological basis is a system-synergetic approach. The author considers media discourse in the context of ideas about the information sphere (semiosphere). The experience of modeling the information field based on the actualization of the standard model of fundamental interaction in physics and quantum […]
Aslanyan A.O. Global audit and humanitarian expertise: on the question of assessing the human quality
The article is devoted to the reconstruction of the philosophy of the Club of Rome and its ideological leader Aurelio Peccei in the context of ideas about human quality. It is noted that the problem of human quality is invariably present in the context of global reflection. The categorical space of modern philosophy of audit […]
Aslanyan A.O., Smirnov D.G. Philosophy of noospheric audit technology: an experience of conceptualization
The article continues the development of the concept of human quality audit in the context of ideas about humanitarian expertise. As a basic methodology, the authors focus on the system approach (the language of ternary description). The concepts of “humanitarian expertise” and “human quality audit” are analyzed and correlated. The definitions of the concepts of […]
Evseev V.A. Book review: Prazdnikov A.G. People of the Wars of the Red and White Roses. Composition and Models of Behavior of Active Participantsin the Socio-Political Conflict in England in the Second Half of the 15th Century St. Petersburg, 2023, 560 p
The review is devoted to the book by A.G. Prazdnikov “People of the Wars of the Scarlet and White Roses. Composition and Models of Behavior of Active Participants in the Socio-Political Conflict in England in the Second Half of the 15th Century”. The book is divided into three parts. Main factual material of the book […]
Tsvetkov Yu.L. Russia and Germany: literary displays. Book review: Russia — Germany: literary meetings (1880—1945), Moscow, 2017, 768 p
Readers are offered a fundamental comprehensive study, first undertaken in the new Russia. Intercultural communication of the two leading European countries appears in aspects of modern comparative studies as an important part of the history of Russian studies and German studies of the late XIX and first half of the XX centuries. The tragic years […]
Karpova O.M. Lexicographic scene of the XXIst century. Book Review: The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2024. 826 р
The readers are presented with a review of the collective monograph Finegan E., Adams M. (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary, devoted to the description of present-day problems of modern lexicography. The papers written by famous lexicographers state problems of new general and special dictionaries typologies, users’ participation in compilation of digital lexicographic projects, […]
Lebedev V.S., Smirnov D.G. Extreme consciousness: a brief history of an idea
The article presents a brief history of the phenomenon of extremality in the context of the philosophy of consciousness. The connection between extremality and civilizational dynamics is shown through the prism of ideas about human revolution and noospheric history. Selected discourses of extremality in the history of philosophy are considered. The special role of philosophy […]
Aslanyan A.O., Smirnov D.G. Philosophy of university audit: contradictory of regulations
The article is devoted to the philosophical foundations of university audit. The “theory of inspired trust” is considered, the heuristic potential of the concept of “trust” is recorded. A parallel is drawn between the theory of Theodore Limperg Jr. and the concept of the ternary description language. The methodological value of the latter for describing […]
Shorin R.V. Non-academic philosophy: personalistic representation (XX century). Part 1
The article attempts to identify the specificity of non-academic philosophy through the representation of five philosophers of the non-academic trend of the 20th century. At the same time, the goal is to identify conceptual variations of non-academic philosophy, to take a step towards its typology. In addition, the experience of personal or personalistic comprehension, according […]