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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Klassika i Klassiki v Sotsial`nom i Gumanitarnom Znanii
[ Classics and classic authors in social and humanitarian knowledge]
Ed. by I.M. Savel`eva, A.V. Poletaev
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2009 533 p Serie: Nauchnoe prilozhenie. Vyp. LXXVII Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 9785867937010 Language: Russian
This collective monograph is the first of its kind. It is an interdisciplinary study of the phenomenon of classics in social and humanitarian disciplines. The contributors analyze the concept of classics, mechanisms of translation of "classic legacy", methods of its reception, strategies of "adoption" of classical ideas, types and motivation of appealing to certain classic names and works, and finally the role and functions of classics in social and humanitarian knowledge. Bibliographical references.