On the contingency of existence, elusive objects and mushroom-shaped existence A century ago, the philosophical mainstream was phenomenology, in the middle of the 20th century - existentialism and structuralism, but today the movement that determines the face of philosophy is speculative realism.

Publishing biography of Sergei Miturich, director and editor-in-chief of Three Squares “Gorky” continues a series of interviews with people who stood at the origins of independent Russian book publishing. We talked with Sergei Miturich, director and editor-in-chief of Three Squares, about Soviet design, the nineties and how to start a publishing house from scratch. How did you get into publishing?

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On Tuesday, December 20, the Magistrate Court of the Leninsky District of Vladivostok ruled on the confiscation and destruction of all copies of the Bible in Russian and English, the Gospel and collections of spiritual songs belonging to the Christian organization “Salvation Army”. This was reported by the religious portal Credo.ru, citing a representative of the organization.

How animals enhance the library experience According to the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), Russians named Daria Dontsova the best writer of the year for the fourth time. The survey involved 1.6 thousand people in 46 regions of the country. Three percent of respondents voted for the writer. Tatyana Ustinova took second place with two percent of the votes. VTsIOM emphasized that “the writer of the year is still the hardest for Russians to choose.”

The most interesting books of the outgoing year: Gorky's choice 1. Poetry. Textbook. M.: B.S.G. -Press, 2016 2. Rüdiger Safranski. Nietzsche: a biography of his thought. M.: Publishing house "Delo" RANEPA, 2016 3. Diary of turner Belousov (1937-1939). M.: Common Place, 2016 4. Adrian Toporov. Peasants about writers. M.: Common Place, 2016 5. Varlam Shalamov. All or nothing. Essay on poetry and prose. St. Petersburg: Limbus Press, 2016 6. Fernando Pessoa. Book of restlessness.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Residents of 16 Russian regions donated more than 65 thousand books to rural libraries in three months, according to a press release from the Public Chamber. People donated both new and previously read books in good condition. The collection took place as part of the #AgroMania campaign aimed at helping villages.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The winners of the Garage competition for the best research on contemporary art and culture in Russian were theater critic Anna Gordeeva with her research on the history of modern dance in Russia, art historian Andrei Kovalev with the project “The 50 Best Contemporary Russian Artists” and cultural scientist Yanina Prudenko, who wrote about cybernetics in the humanities and arts of the USSR. This was reported in a press release from the museum.