Issue #27

Abstract: Lyubimova T. B. Philosophy and Counter-tradition. — Moscow: Golos, 2019. — 292 p. The book is devoted to the doctrine of the One Spiritual Tradition (R. Guénon, A. Coomaraswamy, M. Eliade). It examines the critique of modern philosophy from metaphysical positions, the role of tradition in preserving the true order, and the phenomenon of counter-tradition as an active struggle against Tradition in the modern world.
Lacan Jacques. Seminars. Book 8. Transference (1960–1961) / Transl. from French by A. Chernoglazov. — Moscow: Gnosis, Logos, 2019. — 432 p. The eighth book of Lacan’s seminars is devoted to the concept of transference in psychoanalysis: its subjective incoherence, connection with experience, relationship to desire and repetition. The Oedipus myth, the dialectic of castration and identification are analyzed.
Neretina S. S., Nikolsky S. A., Porus V. N. Philosophical Anthropology of Andrey Platonov. — Moscow: Golos, 2019. — 272 p. A philosophical reading of the prose of Andrey Platonov, an analysis of him as a writer-thinker who anticipated the ideas of postmodernism. The themes of communist hell, the relationship between life and death, and the existential foundations of creativity are examined.
Reflecting on Platonov / ed. by S. A. Nikolsky. — Moscow: Golos, 2019. — 230 p. A collection of articles based on the materials of the conference dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Andrey Platonov. Includes works by E.P. Aristova, A.A. Vorobyev, N.A. Kasavina, T.B. Lyubimova, N.N. Murzin, I.I. Myurberg, V.M. Rozin, G.L. Tulchinsky and others.
Kolesov A. D. On the Genesis of Thinking and Language. Genesis of Concepts and Propositions. Aristotle and Chomsky on Language. The Influence of Culture on Language. — Moscow: LRC Publishing House, 2019. — 264 p. The monograph is devoted to the evolutionary-synthetic approach to the study of man, his activity, thinking and language. The mechanisms of concept formation, propositions and the influence of culture on language are analyzed.
Linguocultural Studies. Logical Analysis of Language. The Concept of Faith in Different Languages and Cultures. — Moscow: Gnosis, 2019. — 851 p. A collective monograph describes the concept of faith in languages and cultures. The vocabulary of faith, etymology, phraseology, the connection of faith with other mental categories (knowledge, truth, hope) are studied. Images of faith in literature and art are considered.
The Problem of “Freedom vs Responsibility” in Modern Philosophical, Theological and Psychological Discourses: collection of articles / ed. by S. L. Katrechko. — Moscow: Letny Sad, 2019. — 190 p. A collection of abstracts of a round table dedicated to the analysis of the categories of freedom and responsibility in philosophical, theological and psychological contexts.
Soboleva M. E. The Logic of Evil: An Alternative Introduction to Philosophy. — St. Petersburg: Vladimir Dal, 2019. — 319 p. The book analyzes philosophical concepts of evil in Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, Arendt, de Beauvoir, Berdyaev, Singer and Baudrillard. The origin, essence and laws of the functioning of evil are clarified.
Kamalashila. Stages of Meditation. Advice to the King / Transl. by D. Ustyantsev. 2nd ed. — Moscow: Ganga, 2019. — 160 p. A treatise by the Buddhist thinker Kamalashila (740–795) on the stages of meditation, addressed to the king. The practices of developing compassion and wisdom are explained.
Uzlaner D. A. The End of Religion? A History of Secularization Theory. — Moscow: HSE Publishing House, 2019. — 240 p. The monograph is devoted to the history of discussions about the place of religion in modern society. It analyzes the theories of secularization of T. Parsons, P. Berger, B. Wilson, T. Luckmann, D. Martin and others, as well as the criticism of these theories.
Shanin T. The Awkward Class: Political Sociology of Peasantry in a Developing Society: Russia, 1910–1925 / Transl. from English by A. V. Solovyov. — Moscow: Delo RANEPA, 2019. — 408 p. A study of the Russian peasantry as a factor of social transformation. The features of peasant households, the commune, culture, as well as the interaction of peasants with the Bolshevik authorities are analyzed.
Berestov I.V., Wolf M.N., Domanov O.A. Analytical History of Philosophy: Research Methods. — Novosibirsk: Ofset TM, 2019. — 242 p. The monograph introduces contemporary discussions on the methods of the history of philosophy, analyzes the dispute between contextualists and appropriationists, and proposes ways to neutralize disagreements.
Alberto Coffa. The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap: To the Vienna Station / Transl. from English by V. V. Tselishchev. — Moscow: Canon+ ROOI “Rehabilitation”, 2019. — 528 p. A book on the history of the semantic tradition in philosophy from the 19th century to the Vienna Circle. The ideas of Bolzano, Frege, Russell, early Wittgenstein and members of the Vienna Circle are analyzed.
Ian Hacking. Why Is There a Philosophy of Mathematics at All? / Transl. from English by V. V. Tselishchev. — Moscow: Canon+ ROOI “Rehabilitation”, 2019. — 528 p. The book returns to the foundations of mathematics: what makes mathematics mathematics, where did proof come from, how did the distinction between pure and applied mathematics arise. The author shows that proof and mathematical practices live and develop in accordance with their time and culture.