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Svobodnoe Slovo

Intellektual`naia Khronika: Al`manakh - 2002

This is the sixth issue of the almanac started in 1996. This issues, like the previous four (1996,1997,1999, 2000, 2001), reflect the changes in the Intelligentsia’s attitude towards engagement and understanding of their role in Russian political life. The book is a collection of minutes of the political discussions in the "Svobodnoe Slovo" club in the Institute of Philosophy in 2002. Among the participants are the most respected Russian social scientists, politicians, philosophers, artists and journalists: L. Anninskii, A. Buzgalin, V. Danilov-Danil`ian, A. Iakovlev, V. Shevchenko, P. Shchedrovitskii, A. Veber, etc. The primary topics of this volume: Antiglobalism as it is; Stable development: Utopia or imperative; Literature and society: Where are "vlastiteli dum" and "inzhenery chelovecheskikh dush"?; “Russian bureaucracy" Engine or brakes of reform?; International terrorism or war of a new type? Evil and good of mass culture; Is there is a need for philosophy? Some previous volumes are also available.