Associate Professor of the HSE Faculty of Philosophy, a culturologist, philosopher and filming Alexander Pavlov mainly on the example of cinema will talk about mass culture and propose the language of its description. Everyone knows that culture today does not come down to exhibitions, theatrical festivals or fashionable arthouse shows. Equally “cultural” today, by general recognition, are American blockbusters, and clips of fashionable teenage musical groups, and top series.

Should we explore the phenomena such as “bad cinema” or “Russian chanson”? What souvenirs could look interesting and how to come up with Moscow brands? What happens in the zones of alienation and what is the true price of nuclear disasters? What projects are significant for modern Chinese architecture? Slon chooses the best lectures of the new week in Moscow and St. Petersburg. 1 . On Monday, July 29, a lecture "Mass culture in bad taste" will be held in Gorky Park.

The creation of a airline, whose business model is built on saving on costs (in the English-language interpretation-Lawkoster), has become a national scale. Even President Vladimir Putin supported her. However, the two previous attempts (“Aviation” and “Sky Express”) were not very successful, and mainly for economic reasons. The number three attempts decided to make Aeroflot.

Enemies of comfort Mikhail Blank Director for the Development of the Internet Agency "Next" #Like-Top# 6 inconveniences that prevent us from enjoying modern technologies “The most striking characteristic feature of the modern city is, of course, a pile, an abundance of objects,” wrote Jean Bodriyar in 1970 about the consumer society.

This can be called a deal, if not centuries in the advertising market, then at least the last decade: the American Omnicom and French Publicis, two of the four world's largest advertising corporations, announced the merger .

In the Testament of the Ministry of Communications , it seems, it seemed a lot about. “Russian Post” decided to seriously improve the work of the department and begin to like the Russians. In an interview with Izvestia, the new general director Dmitry Strashnov promised to reduce unnecessary employees, starting with managers: “Today, one employee of the managerial apparatus in Moscow has two subordinates - this is nonsense.

Today, Moscow Candidate Mikhail Degtyarev, a deputy from the LDPR, submitted a bill to the State Duma to the provision of two ruins monthly to the State Duma in connection with critical days. Who, if not a young deputy chairman on science and high-tech technologies and, by the way, the son of an obstetrician-gynecologist will think about the monthly torment of women? “Often the pain of the beautiful half is so intense that you have to call an ambulance.

- Bank of Cyprus will write off a total of 47.5%from large unhurried deposits, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the Athenian News Agency (however, it later became known that the Ministry of Finance of Cyprus has not yet made). Previously, 37.5% of the deposits of more than 100 thousand euros have already been converted into securities, now another 10% will have to be exchanged: 5% - for shares and 5% in bonds.

The Department of Gennady Onishchenko with displeasure by the narrowness of his powers in the fight against suicide. According to Rospotrebnadzor, the current system does not allow us to effectively protect Russians from harmful sources of information, so the right to search and block forbidden resources should be entrusted directly to the supervisory service. “The existing system involves only the work on the appeals of citizens entering the Internet portal.

The analytical company IDC published data on the supply of smartphones for the second quarter: they increased by more than 52% compared to the same period last year and 10% compared to the first quarter of this. At the same time, the smartphones again managed to overtake ordinary mobile phones (this becomes the norm). But the most curious thing is that the share of Apple and Samsung is gradually declining. Smaller corporations were the growth leaders - LG, Lenovo and ZTE.

In early July, the religious scholar and historian Konstantin Mikhailov read the lecture “Ishihasm: the history of Orthodox mysticism” in the bookstore and reader “Reading”. In it, he spoke about the nature of hensiham, about what role he played in the development of Orthodox monasticism and how he showed himself in Russia. Slon gives an abbreviated version of the lecture.

European news agencies report new details of the loud robbery of the exhibition of jewelry on the French Riviera. The raid incredible in impudence occurred on Monday morning at the Karlton Hotel, which is considered the most prestigious in Cannes. The whole action, suggests Figaro , could be the work of one person. An unknown robber, armed with a gun, ran into the hotel’s exhibition hall, grabbed a briefcase stuffed with jewelry, and was that.

Apple is preparing iPhone 5c? Hearing of the day: A photo of packages of the new iPhone appeared on one of the Chinese technological forums. Judging by it, the smartphone will have the number 5c (color?) - maybe we are talking about a cheap multi -colored version of plastic, which is expected this fall. However, the reliability of the photo is not confirmed by anyone - but another news about Apple is completely reliable.

Every Monday Slon chooses the most interesting marketing campaigns of the past week and asks for advertising experts to comment on them. Today, the creative director of the agency "Next" Andrei Lebedev shares his considerations. The towels attacked Avenue 100 people went out in green towels to the street to prove how comfortable the Consul washing machine is and how much washing powder with the air conditioner fits into it: for several cycles you can wash the same hundred towels.

Russian politicians Vitaly Milonov and Elena Mizulin may deprive the right to enter the United States. The initiators of this idea were US citizens who believe that the head of the St. Petersburg Committee on the Legislation of Milonov and Mizulin, which heads the Duma committee on family, women and children, are directly responsible for the persecution of gay community in modern Russia.