The Laptev Sea system and the adjacent Arctic seas. Current state and history of development
The monograph presents the results of 15 years of joint Russian-German multidisciplinary research in the Arctic, which were obtained during a large number of sea and land expeditions, as well as year-round measurements and observations. Based on modern research methods, including satellite observations, radiocarbon (AMS14C) dating of sediments of the Arctic seas, isotope, biochemical and other methods, the authors obtained unique materials. The main sections of the monograph present the latest data on modern sedimentation processes in the Arctic seas, hydrological, ice and hydrobiological processes, the evolution of permafrost and the development of the paleoenvironment of the seas and adjacent land.
Word creation by Velimir Khlebnikov
The book examines the linguistic, literary, cultural and philosophical works of the Russian avant-garde poet Velimir Khlebnikov (1885 - 1922) based on the material of the poet’s published and handwritten heritage. For specialist philologists, university professors, teachers, students, as well as for a wide range of lovers of Russian literature.
Modern civilization. Challenges and alternatives
This work examines the trends and contradictions of modern civilization, war as a phenomenon of human civilization, analyzes the content of the concepts of “war”, “culture of war”, new forms of warfare.
Modern financial policy of the Russian Federation
The textbook is written in the form of a lecture course, which is a logically structured presentation of material that reveals the essence of concepts related to the regulation of financial flows in the economy and the possibilities of targeting financial regulation towards macroeconomic stability and economic growth. The economic role of budgetary relations that form the basis of the financial basis of state regulation is considered. This material lays the foundation for understanding how methods of budget regulation “work” and how they are used to manage the movement of financial flows. The modern budget, tax and debt policies of the state are analyzed, the main problems and main priorities are highlighted, the implementation of which makes it possible to intensify the role of the state's financial policy. The book allows everyone to independently study issues related to the development of financial policy, taking into account modern theory and practice of financial relations. It is intended for training students of economic specialties, in advanced training courses, for scientists, practitioners and teachers.
The Modern World and Its Origins
The modern world did not emerge yesterday. It has developed over thousands of years as a result of the rise and fall of great powers, wars, conflicts and aspirations of human thought, interaction of cultures, peoples and elites. The architecture of the modern world is presented through its main centers of civilizational attraction, including the West led by the United States, Asia with giants China, India, Japan, Latin America, Africa and, of course, Russia. The book is addressed to students, master's degree students, postgraduate students, teachers of humanities faculties of higher educational institutions, as well as a wide range of readers interested in modern politics.This book was published with the financial support of the Foundation "Russian World (Russkiy Mir)".
Social philosophy. Activity approach to the analysis of man, society, history. Part 1
A fundamental educational publication on social philosophy, written by a leading Russian scientist and philosopher. What is man as the creator of social reality? Is there a supra-biological generic nature of man that creates a system of historically universal human values? How is society structured, which represents an organizational form of reproduction of social reality? What is history as a process of development and interaction of different societies and civilizations? These and other questions are answered by the author, using the methodology of the substance-activity approach to the analysis of social reality.
Sociology and Social myth-making
The monograph examines the scientific status of sociology, acutely debated by representatives of various sociological schools. The milestones of the development of sociological science in Russia and in the USSR are investigated. The author offers his understanding of the theory and structure of sociology, its role and place in the system of social sciences and humanities.
The history of our country has proved the destructiveness of myth-making as the basis of social reconstruction. The monograph presents significant tools of sociological science for overcoming social myth-making.
The conclusions of the book are closely related to the ideas of the work "Social myth-making and social practice", published by the publishing house "Norma" in 2000.
The monograph is intended for sociologists, philosophers, economists, political scientists and readers interested in the problems of studying modern life
Formation and development of higher professional environmental education in Russia: analysis of problems
The monograph examines the problems of the formation and development of higher professional environmental education in our country: social and methodological prerequisites for the formation of directions in education, contradictions and shortcomings of the first environmental specialties, as well as the conceptual foundations of the content of modern higher professional environmental education of a natural science orientation . Analysis of government documents, literary sources and expert opinions made it possible to identify four stages in the formation and development of higher professional environmental education in the natural sciences in Russia. For each stage, the main contradictions are identified and ways to solve them are indicated. Considerable attention is paid to the competency-based approach in modern environmental education. The monograph appendix contains interviews with famous Russian scientists who have made a significant contribution to the development of higher professional environmental education in our country. The book is of interest to a wide range of specialists, teachers and students involved in environmental education and enlightenment.
Subregional Resources and Instruments for Intensive Development of Territorial Economic Systems of Modern Russia
The monograph presents the author's concept of the process of formation and implementation of subregional opportunities for intensive development of territorial economic systems of modern Russia. The author focuses on the least developed aspects of this scientific problem, the importance of which increases significantly in the context of the formation of a "knowledge-based economy". Theoretical and applied issues of development of subregional economic systems of the South of Russia are studied, various heuristic resources are involved. Recommended for scientists, teachers, postgraduates and students of economic specialties, as well as practicing specialists in the field of regional economics.
Fate: psychology of myth
The universal psychological features of the interpretation of the idea of fate as an ancient phenomenon of everyday consciousness are revealed. The main variants of interpretation of the predestination of the course and outcome of individual life and ways of acquaintance with them are presented. Archetypal reactions to the predestined or apparent are determined. The reasons for the unfading faith in fate, which testify to the psychological reality of mythical representations, are characterized.
The book is addressed to fellow humanitarians and a wide range.
Television in Search of Television
The book by Professor S.A. Muratova dispels the prejudice that many people have that “real” television began in the post-Soviet era. Comparison of eras allows the reader to trace the history of gains and losses of Soviet television. The author’s regular articles and reviews were published from the mid-60s – the time of the first perestroika on the air and the bold attempts of the new muse to become the great continuer of all arts. Publications of the 80s and 90s reflect the state of Soviet broadcasting, which offered a different system of values. The second edition of the book introduces the author’s speeches in recent years and concerns the current period of broadcasting evolution.
This collected volume includes the articles by professors, teachers and postgraduate students of the Faculty on actual problems of history and theory of art.
Intended for specialists, students in humanities and a wide range of readers.
Theory and practice of soil design
The monograph is devoted to the scientific, methodological and experimental foundations of soil engineering - an innovative direction in geoecology, soil science and landscape engineering, which allows using models of the physical organization of soils to design and create soil objects (constructozems) optimal in their characteristics using natural and synthetic materials — soil conditioners. In the theoretical part of the work, edaphic factors, processes and models of the natural structural and functional organization of soils are analyzed, which form the fundamental basis of technological modeling to identify optimal parameters of soil structures at the design stage. In practice, the proposed variants of soil structures have demonstrated high efficiency in conditions of irrigation farming and land scaping in the arid climate of the Persian Gulf countries (UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan), as well as greening and landscaping of urban areas with high anthropogenic load on the example of a metropolitan city.
For specialists in the field of soil science, environmental engineering, landscape architecture, organizations working in the field of agriculture, recultivation, landscaping and integrated land improvement, students, postgraduates of universities in the specialties "Ecology" and "Soil Science".
Theory of knowledge. Symbolology. Theory of symbolic forms
The monograph is devoted to the epistemological theory of symbol. The nature, functions, and forms of self-realization of the symbolic person are explored. For specialists in the field of philosophy, sociology, logic, scientific methodology, art history, psychology, cultural studies.
The work presents current problems of didactics of higher professional education, as well as the theory of adult education. Special attention is paid to the methodology of pedagogical research.
For teachers, managers, researchers of higher professional education, students of advanced training faculties for university teachers, beginning graduate students, students and master's students of classical pedagogical universities.
Three eras of Russian journalism
The book includes articles published in three newspapers in which Yuri Shchekochikhin worked - Komsomolskaya Pravda in the 1970s, Literaturnaya Gazeta in the 1980s - mid-90s, and Novaya Gazeta in the late 20s and the beginning of the 21st century. Three publications that continued the best traditions of domestic journalism, three eras of the movement of social thought, three teams of very different people who managed to affirm the basic principles of honest, courageous and responsible journalism, independent investigation, accurate and accurate in different, and each time in their own difficult, conditions words. This is a book about our most recent history, about the profession, about personal choice, about professional duty. The collection includes well-known articles that became events in the life of journalism and society. “The Lion Leaped” was the first publication that spoke about the existence of organized crime in the USSR, “For the Motherland?! For the mafia! - about the hidden springs of the Chechen war, notes from the series “Slaves of GB” - about informers. And at the same time, very small notes about what is happening in Russia and the world.
Tushino thief-personality, environment, time. Documents and materials
The documents and materials presented in the book tell about the events of 1607-1610, the culmination of the Time of Troubles - the first “civil” war in Russia. The focus is on the appearance of False Dmitry II (Tushinsky thief), the formation and collapse of his camp, as well as dramatic armed clashes, in which, in addition to the Russians, representatives of several European countries were drawn in - Poles, Swedes, Germans, etc. In an effort to cover the events with maximum objectivity, to show the motivation for the actions of their participants, the compilers included a variety of material in the selection: works of foreigners, in which a significant array of works by Polish authors stands out, correspondence, narrative sources of Russian origin, works of oral folk prose, numismatic data. For historians, university professors, teachers, students, as well as a wide range of readers. The documents and materials presented in the book tell about the events of 1607-1610, the climax of the Time of Troubles - the first “civil” war in Russia. The focus is on the appearance of False Dmitry II (Tushinsky thief), the formation and collapse of his camp, as well as dramatic armed clashes, in which, in addition to the Russians, representatives of several European countries were drawn in - Poles, Swedes, Germans, etc. In an effort to cover the events with maximum objectivity, to show the motivation for the actions of their participants, the compilers included a variety of material in the selection: works of foreigners, in which a significant array of works by Polish authors stands out, correspondence, narrative sources of Russian origin, works of oral folk prose, numismatic data. For historians, university professors, teachers, students, as well as a wide range of readers.
Lomonosov University. The circle of founders. The oaths of the Sparrow Hills. The Epoch of I. G. Petrovsky
Vladimir Dimov's new book is dedicated to Moscow State University, outstanding representatives of politics, science and culture who came out of the walls of the first university of Russia, its teachers and students.
The first part of the book is written in the genre of free essays about the birth of the Russian elite, the great Russian educator and scientist M.V. Lomonosov, statesman and military reformer G.A. Potemkin.
In the second part, the special historical mission of the university is widely presented - truth and freedom have always been close here, and the main subject - freedom of thought - created a special flavor of intra-university life.
The third part of the book is an essay and memoirs of a former student and graduate student about his studies and life at the historical, philosophical and economic faculties, about the era of Rector I.G. Petrovsky at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, his teachers and friends.
Company Management. Theory and Practice
FVBM (Fundamental Value Based Management) is a strategic management of the fundamental value of a company. This is an innovative management concept aimed at creating and increasing the strategic competitive potential of a company. The main goal of the new concept of company management is realized through building a balance of interests of all stakeholders based on the leveling of agency conflicts, the cause of which is the separation of capital functions for value creation, management, financing and securing property rights. The new concept proposes the following methods for improving the efficiency of corporate governance: assessing existing and future competitive advantages; identifying the company's potential for creating and realizing its strategic potential; defining the boundaries of the company's investment activity, taking into account the possibilities of balanced growth; ensuring the company's financial stability based on building relationships with investors and creditors; developing the company's intellectual potential; using innovative technologies, innovative focus of management decisions and management flexibility. The book is addressed to managers and owners of enterprises, heads of investment companies, potential investors, as well as scientists, teachers, students and listeners of MBA and Executive MBA programs in the field of organization theory, financial management, innovative development and strategic management of a modern company.