The publishing house of the Alpine Pablisher published a book by the great German philosopher, psychologist and psychiatrist Karl Yaspers (1883–1969) “ The issue of guilt. On the political responsibility of Germany ” is one of the key texts of the 20th century, in which the principles of collective guilt and national repentance were formulated for the first time in a complete form.

Nikolai Epple analyzes these categories - and reminds of what the difference is Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Antivos Promotion in St. Petersburg. February 24, 2022 Events that the Russian authorities, under the threat of criminal punishment, demand to call the "military special operations of the Russian Federation in Ukraine" have acutely raised the question of citizens' liability for crimes created by the state on their behalf.

Nikolai Epple - about conciliatory pathos of the third novel Guzel Yakhina Prose Guzel Yakhina continues to give rise to disputes about what is more in her works dedicated to terrible pages from the history of Russia of the twentieth century - denigrating or imperative of reality.

Review of Nikolai Epple on Piranesi Suzanne Clark At first glance, Piranesi Suzanne Clark seems to be a simple, if not primitive, novel, who makes curtsies towards Borhees and Clive Steaples Lewis. Nikolai Epple - about why this fantasy thing is not as simple as it might seem to the reader who is not immersed in its context. Suzanne Clark. Piranesi. SPb.: ABC, ABC-Atticus, 2020. Translation by E.

Nikolai Epple talks about Charles Williams - a writer, theologian, mysticism, almost a saint The main feature of Charles Williams was the ability to feel the immediate connection between the material and intangible world. Thanks to this, he made the deepest impression on the interlocutors, conquered the hearts of the listeners, entered into a complex mystical-erotic connection with fans and dreamed of using the power of magic to put an end to the Second World War.

Nikolai Epple The Publishing House "New Literary Review" represents the book of Nikolai Epple "An uncomfortable past. The memory of state crimes in Russia and other countries. ” The memory of crimes, in which not external forces are to blame, but your own state, is not at all by chance to call the “difficult past”. It is incredibly difficult to recognize its own responsibility without shifting it to external or internal enemies, time and circumstances, and legally, and legally.

The acquittal to the head of the Karelian “Memorial” to Yuri Dmitriev - a rare case of the release of the defendant in a resonant case. Dmitriev is justified under the main items of the prosecution - the manufacture of children's pornography and depraved actions - and received the right to rehabilitation and compensation for moral damage.

Photo: sergei karpukhin / reuters Complex and obviously twisted relations between the church and society in modern Russia are largely explained by their traumatic past. The fact that in Europe was the result of a long restructuring of relations in Russia was a consequence of a painful breakup. The revision of relations between the space of religion and the public-state sphere, called secularization, characterized the era of modernity, took several centuries in Europe.

The “repentant letter” of director Yuri Bykov, which caused a stir in the media environment, in which he calls his participation in the filming of the propaganda series “Sleepers” a mistake and announces his departure from cinema, is an event that highlights the changes that the category of reputation in the Russian public space has undergone in recent years. .

At the beginning of September, a group of teachers and students of the Moscow International Film School, human rights activists, civil activists and cultural figures from Moscow and St. Petersburg visited the Petrozavodsk court, where the trial of Yuri Dmitriev is underway, and the burial sites he discovered. Here is the story of one of the trip participants. Places of horror - places of memory A frail elderly man is being led in handcuffs along a narrow corridor of a government institution.

In one of his reports, cultural historian Sergei Averintsev drew attention to two little discussed by researchers oddities of one of the most famous New Testament texts - the initial chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

The problem of condemning the crimes of the Soviet past and the relationship with the Soviet legacy in general in the year of the centenary of the October Revolution turns out to be one of the most exciting topics for Russian society - sociologists and political scientists are exploring the collective memory of Russians, stories about the installation or demolition of the next monument to Stalin instantly cause a heated debate, and those sensitive to According to the trends of the times, Pavel

With the arrival of calendar spring in Russia, the signs of economic and political spring are becoming clearer. Officials and experts vying with each other to report on the slowing down of the crisis and the still timid but sure signs of economic recovery. Oil prices and the ruble exchange rate have stabilized, the economy has become accustomed to sanctions, and now experts are predicting slow and uncertain, but still growth and reduction in inflation.