Yes, indeed, to the World War - says historian Alexander Etkind In the fall of 2023, in the first lines of information tapes - only war. Russia continues to bomb Ukraine, Azerbaijan “took” Karabakh. Hamas has invaded Israel, Israel inflicts massive blows to the gas sector. In Niger and Gabon, there are military coups. In Taiwan, they are preparing for an armed confrontation with China. Can all these conflicts transform into a world war?

Alexander Etkind The publishing house "New Literary Review" represents the book of the historian of culture and literary critic Alexander Etkind. "Interpretation of travel. Russia and America in injuries and intertexts. " The cultural dialogue between Russia and America has lasted centuries, despite all historical obstacles. The writers and philosophers of both countries carefully monitored the political, social and artistic experiments of each other.

Historian Alexander Etkind argues with the political scientist and columnist "Cold" Grigory Voice On September 12, the text of the political scientist Grigory Vilosov “ loyalty is not a vice ” was released in the “cold”, in which he explained why confidence in power among Russians and even identification with it is not something dangerous, but rather, even the other way around. Historian Alexander Etkind does not agree with this, and that's why.

What happened to the Russian Empire? It broke up at the end of the imperialist war. What happened to the Soviet Union? It broke up at the end of the Cold War. What will happen to the Russian Federation? The answer seems obvious, but will upset many. So Russian patriotism is arranged that even those who do not sympathize with the Kremlin regime are not ready to recognize the imperial character of the current Russian statehood.

Alexander Etkind The reconciliation of whips. Illustration from V. Dahl’s book “Study of Skoptic heresy”, 1844 The publishing house "New Literary Review" is published by the book of the famous historian of culture, professor at the University of Cambridge Alexander Etkind "Hlyst: sects, literature and revolution." It is dedicated to discourse about Russian sects in Russia of the turn of the century.