Philology: scientific researches - rubric The stream of books

Abstract: In the era of digital transformation, the forms of providing information and working with users are changing. As you know, libraries of educational institutions are not only a place for storing and distributing educational resources among readers, but also carry out work to popularize resources and promote them in the educational environment. The university libraries, performing informational, educational and cultural functions, use the tools of websites to solve the tasks set. The success of the entire educational organization depends on a competent and convenient content policy. The article is devoted to the content analysis of sections of the websites of libraries of pedagogical universities. The purpose of the study: to study the content of the websites of libraries of pedagogical universities. In the course of the work, statistical and comparative methods were used, a content analysis of 38 pages was carried out, the main tasks were identified and problems for further research were identified. Main conclusions: relevance of content, reflection of links with external partners and publishers, ease of navigation, modern design are important conditions for interaction between the library and the reader and, as a result, increased interest in publishing projects and library activities. Different types and variety of content increase audience engagement, reduce the time of interaction between participants in the educational process. The main tasks facing libraries are: building up external and internal relations to promote publishing projects, work to popularize the developments of the university's authors in the external information space, the use of modern research on the impact of web resource design on readers. The results can be used to develop courses and conduct training events for industry professionals.

Keywords: online publications for universities, educational publications, publishing projects, content policy of libraries, content of library sites, promotion of the library's web resources, library functions, library website, university library, electronic library

Abstract: This is the review of the two books published by the publishing house ‘Kanon+”: “Myth and Artistic Consciousness of the 20th Century” and “Myth and Dance”.

Keywords: philology, literature, myth, art, consciousness, dance.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2013.1.62529

Abstract: A Signal Spilled Out of a Thousand of Horns: This is the review of Igor Stavinsky’s book ‘Chronics. Poetics’ published in St. Petersburg in 2012. The book contains the two works by Igor Stavinsky, ‘Chronics of my Life’ written in 1935 and ‘Musical Poetics’ written in 1939. A Mind Materialized in Beautiful Sounds: This is the review of Maria Lobanova’s book ‘Theosophist. Theurgist. Mystic. Magician: Alexander Skryabin and his Time’ published in Moscow in 2012.

Keywords: philology, chronics, Igor Stavinsky, poetics, esthetics, theology, Alexander Skryabin, art, symbolism.

Abstract: This is the review of a few books devoted to art. The books which have been reviewed are of different orientation and genre. But all of them actually prove that there should be more researches to be undertaken in the sphere of art and culture.

Keywords: philology, art, history of art, culture, style, esthetics, classis.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2015.1.14313

Abstract: The cultural process, as is known, does not develop linearly, openly, with customary acknowledgement of all achievements of this process. There might be cut-outs, losses, censor directives of official consciousness. Sometimes, productive creation of a researcher is cut by imprisonment. Other poets are undeservedly chased by oblivion. But great achievements of spiritual culture do not disappear without a trace. «A day comes, and an hour comes», as the saying goes, and the passionless spirit wins. It would be naive to believe that all this happens by itself, due to the logic of the cultural process. No, restoration of history requires selfless devotion, spiritual will that removes injustice. The mentioned books have been published thanks to incessant educational work of Svetlana Ya. Levit. For many years, she has been engaged in search for forgotten names, works and traditions. After each publication the general perspective of the cultural-historical process changes radically. The book by G.M. Pomerants is not just a research work, it demonstrates the mind of genius of our contemporary, it is a real encyclopaedia of the poetics of spirituality. Speaking nowadays about the spiritual dispute of civilizations we pay little attention to the Latin American region. And now the published book by V.B. Zemskoy opens the secrets of this civilization. Research methods are related to historicism. It is interpreted as ideological basis, cultural memory of art, essential condition of spirituality, the thread between generations. Historicism is a quality of the human soul, "universal responsiveness" (according to F.M. Dostoyevsky). The material uses also the method of hermeneutic analysis.The novelty of the article is conditioned by an attempt to bring to the readers the huge spiritual experience of literature creation, found in these books. Search for spirituality is always inspired by passion. In this sense, it might suffer one-sidedness. This individual involvement is balanced, harmonized by the passionless spirit. The reviewed books deal with literatures of Russia, Europe, Latin America. They are united by the poetics of spirituality. It makes various themes, continents and epochs closer. And taken together, these publications immeasurably widen the horizon of research work.

Keywords: conquista, discovery, otherness, civilization, literature, poetry, passion, spirit, inter-civilizational communication, vestnichestvo

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2015.1.66425

Keywords: conquista, discovery, otherness, civilization, literature, poetry, passion, spirit, inter-civilizational communication, vestnichestvo

Abstract: The review analyzes books devoted to historical knowledge. In his book a famous Russian scientist Gurevich A. Ya. discusses fates of Soviet science at the second half of the previous century. The drama of ideas sown in the book was also the drama of people. Great philosophers R. A. Galtseva and I. B. Rodniansky also collected works of Russian philosophers of XIX and XX centuries.

Keywords: philology, history, Russian thought, history of mentalities, Annales school, religion, culture, rationalism, existential, perception of the world.

Abstract: This is the review of the book ‘Diogenes’ Light. The Project of Synergian Anthropology in a Modern World’.

Keywords: philology, literature, Diogenes, anthropology.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2013.1.62530

Abstract: This is the parody of the three poems: A. Toropov from his Selected Poems ‘Biblical Tunes’, S. Isaev’s ‘Build the Apiary Before the Kingdom Comes…’ and V. Korobkov’s ‘Epitaph of the Water Melon’.

Keywords: philology, poetry, parody, response

Abstract: This is the review of two books devoted to family chronicles – ‘Simple life’ by S. M. Gurevich and Lia Evseeva ‘Sometime in Xinjiang’. As Erich Fromm says, it is our deep need to keep the memory of our family and our past. These two books are a great example of it.

Keywords: philology, culture, family, chronicle, past.

Abstract: This is a review of an encyclopedia devoted to a great Russian author A. P. Chekhov. As the author of the review notes, this encyclopedia is an important contribution to the world ‘Chekhoviana’ (studies of life and works by Chekhov).

Keywords: philology, literature, Chekhov, encyclopedia.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2016.1.18193

Abstract: The article is devoted to the creative work of a famous Russian philosopher Natalia Avtonomova. To celebrate her jubilee, the book 'Toposes of Natalia Avtonomova's Philosophy. To the Jubilee' was published (Moscow, 2015). Besides her own articles, the book also contains researches of other authors who discuss similar issues and share the same approach to philosophy. This makes the importance and substantiality of Natalia Avtonomova's research even more obvious. First of all, she has made a tangible contribution to the theory of knowledge and concepts of rationality and subject. Moreover, Natalia Avtonomova has acted as an intermediary between Russian and French philosophy. She is the absolute authority in studying French structuralism and post-structuralism. Her research is based on the methods of historical philosophical analysis, comparative studies, psychoanalysis and structuralism. In some cases Natalia Avtonomova bases her research on the hermeneutic approach. The novelty of the topic and solutions is caused by the fact that the research covers a wide range of issues. Natalia Avtonomova has demonstrated a tremendous importance of M. Bakhtin's, M. Gasparov's, Yu. Lotman's and R. Yakobson's works. Her translations of Jacques Derrida's and Michel Foucault's works are a great research and contribution to the world philosophy. She has also made a great contribution to the translation theory. In Russian philosophy Natalia Avtonomova is known as a philosopher and philologist, publicist and translator.

Keywords: humanitarian knowledge, philology, translation, structuralism, philosophy of language, rationality, topos, unconscious, deconstruction, hospitality

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2016.1.67592

Keywords: humanitarian knowledge, philology, translation, structuralism, philosophy of language, rationality, topos, unconscious, deconstruction, hospitality

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2017.1.22477

Abstract: The article is devoted to a great Russian scientist Alexander Veselovsky. The great value of his researches are doubtless. His encyclopedic knowledge and academic thoroughness stand to reason. However, not always great cultural achievements are timely and objectively evaluated. Historical breakages, 'time gaps' destroy academically successive expertise. As a result, the name of Alexander Veselovsky has been forgotten for quite a long time. Recently Andrey Veselovsky's works have been finally published thanks to Svetlana Levit's selfless labour and other specialists. In his research Gurevich applied the principle of historicism that allowed not only to preserve the process of origin of Alexander Veselovsky's research thought but also to reveal the value of such approach to analyzing the priceless heritage of that scientist. For the first time in the academic literature the author of the article provides evaluation of scientific discoveries of Alexander Veselovsky presented in his researches in 2006 - 2016 as part of the Russian Propulsion project. The author underlines the value and perfect structure of the edition, accurate division into chapters and volumes, rigorous recording of thematic criteria and academic preciseness of individual and general appraisals. The publishers tried to preserve the accuracy of details and statements that prove Alexander Veselovsky's conclusions. The edition also contains certain commentaries that provide a better insight into the great heritage of the great Russian scientist.

Keywords: Renaissance, historical poetics, love, personality, epos, novel, mythology, folklore, science, culture

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2015.2.15249

Abstract: In his review Gurevich analyzes different grotesque revelations of human existence expressed in art. The review provides a thorough introduction into the book of Natalya Nolde-Lurie on the creative work of a famous modern sculptor Vadim Sidur. As it is known, sculpture may have the form of symbolic plastics, sculpture in the round and reliefs. Vadim Sidur is more inclined to symbols which he uses to express the grotesque of human existence. His creative imagination relates human and universal suffering to an instrument or mechanism. This is how the threats of the world of machines are expressed. Even erotica has grotesque features in his creative work. Sigmund Freud's selected works 'Psyhoanalysis. Religion. Culture' published by Canon+ present an analysis of different aspects of human existence, too. In particular, Freud viewed religion as a special form of collective neurosis. Yulia Melentieva's work 'On Reading. Thoughts About Theoretical Aspects of Reading' shows a great role of books in the development of civilization. Hermann Hesse once stated that without book there was no history. Therefore, the decline of the reading culture has a certain negative influence on human mentality and human existence. In his review Gurevich has ued the methods of aesthetical analysis allowing to assess achievements of arts. Gurevich also bases his research on the methodology of philosophical anthropology which allows to demonstrate a complex and contradictory human nature. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the researcher tries to reveal the grotesqueness of human existence based on the example of the three books selected for the review. According to psyhoanalysis, nearly at birth a child faces the world of absurdity offered by culture. Instinctive desires are repressed, inherent motivation is suppressed which creates the feeling of dissatisfaction with culture. Human existence is absurd by nature because the actual history does not correspond to rationality principles. Moreover, human himself is the victim of internal conflicts between concious and unconsious, instinct and culture. One of the forms of 'dissatisfaction with culture' is the growing elimination of books from our life. For half a century Gutenberg's invention has been creating the modern culture that loses reading skills and forgets theoretical aspects of reading.

Keywords: poetry, sculpture, art, grotesque, human nature, reading, creativity, tragedy, catharsis, personality

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2015.2.66778

Keywords: poetry, sculpture, art, grotesque, human nature, reading, creativity, tragedy, catharsis, personality

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2013.2.62901

Abstract: The author of the article talks about the two books devoted to the theory of art and esthetic issues, Outlines of Esthetics and Theory of Art, N. A. Chrenov and A. S. Migunov as executive editors, and Richard Shusterman’s Pragmatic Esthetics. Live Beauty, Rethinking of Art. Outlines of Esthetics and Theory of Art contains the analysis of the most different conceptions. In fact, this is an attempt to create an encyclopedia of different philosophies devoted to the science of the beautiful and the ugly. It is underlined that even such unusual spheres as gestalt psychology and algorythmical esthetics are mentioned in the book. In his Pragmatic Esthetics Richard Shusterman develops the tradition of John Dewey and analyzes pragmatic aspects of fine arts.

Keywords: philosophy, art, esthetics, history, beauty, pragmatism, usefulness, reality, Post-Modernism, esthetic experience.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2014.2.12204

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2014.2.65041

Abstract: Addressing to the literature of the 19th – 20th centuries, a famous researcher Grigory Konson uses significant art material in order to reveal the phenomenon of human destructiveness. Images of the main characters of different literary works show that some people have neither conscience nor compassion. Such people generally have a rather powerful destructive nature. In this regard, the author of the present review analyzes the phenomenon of catastropism in personal consciousness. The author also raises a question about a very fine line between the norm and pathology. The author of the review appeals to the works of a famous essay writer of the early last century Max Nordau who was nearly the first one in the humanities to talk about the degradation of the humanity that influenced the minds and feelings of people. The author of the review uses the historical method allowing to trace back the sources and development of fatal anti-humanistic tendencies in modern culture along with Grigory Konson. The author of the review also uses the phenomenological method in order to provide a full description of the phenomenon of degradation based on the analysis of Grigory Konson’s book. The novelty of the research is defined by the fact that Grigory Konson’s thesis was the first one in Russian literature to provide a full and versatile research of the phenomenon of the murdering intellect. In this regard the analysis of the dual conscience syndrome is of particular interest. The author of the review also underlines the special role of the moral opposition to the public psychopathic temptation.

Keywords: language studies, catastophism, degradation, mental health, psychiatry, neurasthenia, pathology, decay of personality, passions, tragedy of personality.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2015.3.16984

Abstract: Works of a famous researcher Roman Perelshteyn focus on archetypical themes of cinematographic art. Perelshteyn studies these topics as a certain code giving us an insight into the world of a filmmaker. For instance, in his book 'Visible and Invisible Worlds in Cinematographic Art' Roman Perelshteyn manages to reveal dramaturgical intentions of a number of significant achievements in the cinematographic art of the XXth century. At his time Ferencz Liszt called his 12 etudes 'transcendental'. So what does this transcendental cinematography being analyzed by Roman Perelshteyn tell us about? The author applies universal spiritual traditions allowing the cinematography of the 'shadowed heart depths' to contact with the human inner world. In her critical review Mirkina demonstrates that the book of Roman Perelshteyn is devoted to the unbreakable bond between the visible and invisible, inner and outer. The author tells us about the movies that have the 'spiritual contemplation' as part of them. It is also indicated that the majority of modern films are about the 'outer'. However, this makes the analysis of spiritual requests and supreme states of mind discussed by Roman Perelshteyn even more precious.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2015.3.67180

Keywords: invisible world, visible world, poetic thinking, spirituality, transcendental cinematography, language of cinematographic art, unspeakable, contemplation, victimhood, transformation

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2013.3.9607

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2013.3.63575

Abstract: The article contains commentary on Svetlana Levit’s selected poems. Readers of our journal know her mostly as a philosopher and a cultural researcher. For many years Svetlana Levit has been preparing and publishing philosophical classical works and the best writings of Russian philosophers. It surely required not only research skills. Svetlana Levit has to find gaps in official ideologies and she makes a great contribution to the so called Cultural Revolution. She is a true enthusiast in her major. And all of the sudden it has turned out that Sveltana Levit also writes poems. This is her first published book of poems. Truly, a gifted person has a gift for everything. The present article is devoted to the analysis of merits and drawbacks of her first book of poems and quotes some creative work by Svetlana Levit.

Keywords: philology, poetry, imagination, fantasy, landscape, philosophical essays, metaphor, style, images, intonation.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2014.3.13005

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2014.3.65670

Keywords: filosofiya, literatura, vospitanie, arkhetipy, syuzhety, politika, chelovek, magiya, dokumentalizm

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2014.4.13432

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2014.4.65776

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the two books on romanticism. European romanticists are described in the book of selected esthetic researches published by German people of art. Russian romanticism is presented based on the analysis of Mikhail Lermontov’s works. The author of the present article underlines that both European and Russian representatives of Romanticism have much in common. At the same time, the author shows that European romanticism does not the same accuse of the ruling power as Lermontov does. According to the author, romantic denial is not an imitative phenomenon in Russia. It has its own ideological sources and a certain degree of non acceptance of the surrounding reality. The main method used by the author is the culture-historical method. Based on researches, the author also uses the comparative method allowing to define peculiarities of the two variants of romantic reflection. The author tries to critically analyze the provisions of the two researches. The scientific novelty of the article is in the description of a romantic hero and importance of esthetic ideas of German romanticists. The author also shows that the image of a European romantic hero was influenced by revolutions and rebellious transformations. Philosophy of German romanticists just like that of the Russian poet goes beyond the family, noble estate, aristocratic society or social environment. Romanticists do not only stand above their social surroundings. They also try to feel the experience of the entire humankind, express the social message and outline the vector of social development.

Keywords: romanticism, hero, personality, esthetics, views, art, culture, nature, magic.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2016.4.20817

Abstract: The article is devoted to the review of the three collections of selected works that included works of a well-known philosopher and writer Mikhail Gershenzon. These are 'Selected Works. The Triadic Image of Perfection', 'Selected Works. Notes on History' and 'Selected Works. Images of the Past'. Mikhail Gershenzon played an unvalued role in the development of Russian culture. His rich intellect, doubtless literary talent and gift for philosophical research made him a distinguished figure of Russian culture. Mikhail Gershenzon was particularly interested in the history of the modern period in the Russian society development over the past three or four generations. The philosopher was indeed a master of individual analysis. In a sense, Mikhail Gershenzon can be considered to be part of Russian history of psychology because he was not only a historian but also a genious psychologist. His gifts allowed him to compare different epochs and find common features and traditions of different periods of Russian history. His works published in the above named collections also prove that he can be considered to be one of Russian philosophers. In his research Gurevich has used the principle of historicism that was so often used by Mikhail Gershenzon. The method allowed to compare historical epochs and define rules and patterns of social development. These publications gave an opportunity to analyze an enormous contribution of Mikhail Gershenzon to the development of Russian culture and thus was undoubtedly a very important project carried out by a famous researcher and editor Svetlana Levit. It certainly was such an effort to find and publish these three collections of selected works. As a result, publications provide us with broad materials that enable an adequate evaluation of Mikhail Gershenzon's versatile activity. Kogan's words that 'perhaps, analysis of his achives and works will bring an insight into one of the most interesting problems of social studies and psyhology' actually came true. Many of Gershenzon's works have already become a rarity. The aforesaid collections also contain articles written by Russian philosophers and modern researchers V. Proskurina and Yu. Sineoky about Mikhail Gershenzon.

Keywords: history, psychology, culture, sociality, personality, crisis, Slavophilia, human, philosophy, literature

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0749.2016.4.68550