Issue #25

Abstract: Bibler V.S. Culture. Dialogue of Cultures / Transl. from Russian into Ukrainian by A. Volynets, T. Morozovska, S. Kopylov. — Kyiv: DUKH I LITERA, 2018. — 368 p. Ukrainian translation of V.S. Bibler’s key articles on the philosophy of dialogue of cultures, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the thinker’s birth. Includes works “Culture. Dialogue of Cultures”, “Civilization and Culture”, “Morality. Culture. Modernity”, “Culture and Education”, “On Civil Society and the Social Contract”, as well as memoirs of students and colleagues.
Petrov M.K. History of Institutions of Science. An Experience of Presenting the Institutional History of Science Based on the Anglo-American Scientific Tradition. — Rostov-on-Don: Southern Federal University Press, 2017. — 404 p. M.K. Petrov’s book (written in 1983) is devoted to the institutional history of science. It analyzes disciplinary cohorts, the role of the Royal Society of London, disputes about the reasons for the institutionalization of experimental science in 17th-century England, and the interpretation of Bacon’s role. It concludes with an “Apologetics of Science”.
Mikhail Gefter in Conversations with Gleb Pavlovsky. 1917. The Unstoppable Revolution. One Hundred Years in One Hundred Fragments. — Moscow: Europa, 2017. — 219 p. Conversations between historian M.Ya. Gefter and political scientist G.O. Pavlovsky about the Russian revolution of 1917. The key idea: the revolution was not stopped and continues to this day. Topics discussed include: the invention of death, the Decembrist idea, the model of “revolution from above”, and the birth of a charismatic leader.
Jones Ernest. Hamlet and Oedipus / Transl. from English. — Moscow: Gaidar Institute Press, 2018. — 216 p. A classic psychoanalytic work by Freud’s student E. Jones, interpreting the plot of “Hamlet” through the Oedipus complex. Jones thoroughly examines alternative interpretations, demonstrating that the psychoanalytic version allows one to understand the work as a whole, rather than a set of fragments.
Bloom Harold. The Western Canon. The Books and School of the Ages / Transl. from English by D. Kharitonov. — Moscow: New Literary Observer, 2017. — 672 p. A fundamental work by the American critic on the Western Canon. Bloom defends canonical works from attacks by multiculturalism and feminism, builds his own periodization (Theocratic, Aristocratic, Democratic and Chaotic eras), and analyzes key authors from Dante to Whitman.
Yomota Inuhiko. Theory of Kawaii / Transl. from Japanese, intro. by A. Belyaev. — Moscow: New Literary Observer, 2018. — 216 p. A study of the phenomenon of kawaii (cuteness, touchingness) in Japanese culture. The author traces the etymology of the term, analyzes associations and concludes that this phenomenon is unique, as well as its hidden dark side.
Zygary Mikhail. The Empire Must Die: The History of Russian Revolutions in Persons. 1900-1917. 2nd ed. — Moscow: Alpina Publisher, 2018. — 909 p. A book about the Russian revolutions of the early 20th century. The author shows that the decisive role in the fall of the monarchy was played not so much by the revolutionary process as by the disappointment of the tsar’s supporters in his ability to end the war. The inevitability of the revolution in accordance with “historical necessity” is questioned.