The idea that reality is a socially constructed construct seems decidedly strange to many; and yet, such a view is unlikely to surprise anyone. Many vehemently deny that something becomes true only because we believe in it, but at the same time readily agree that something becomes true only because we believe that it is right.

Altermatt Urs. Ethnonationalism in Europe. Per. from German by S.V. Bazarnova. - M.: Russian State University for the Humanities, 2000. - 367 p. "Nation of citizens": denationalization project Dr.

Does Hollywood "bamboozle" blacks? (Is Hollywood Fooling Blacks?) Larry Elder Jewish World Review African-American Spike Lee made a film about the oppression of blacks in Hollywood. The director depicted how in films and television his blood brothers are forced to either play villains or participate in low-quality comedy shows. Nothing of the kind, the author of the article proves.

Runet in Coma Grigory Tanissky Date of publication: October 25, 2000 Interpol, issue twenty-five. About how nothing happens Ivan Davydov 1. Such an innocent portal Somehow , quite quietly and not really noticed by network old-timers, a new portal was opened with the almost common name Runet-dot-Kom (www.runet.com) . And this phenomenon, if you look closely, is far from ordinary. What is this portal?

Summit for Kostunica Vitaly Portnikov Date of publication: October 25, 2000 Yugoslavia's new president this week will become the first of the country's leaders to attend an inter-Balkan summit. Before the upcoming summit in the Macedonian capital Skopje, one could say that Yugoslavia was practically isolated from what was happening in the region.

For the glory of the Bolsheviks Leila Guchmazova Date of publication: October 25, 2000 Since the end of summer, the Bolshoi Theater has become a Klondike for fellow critics and front-page newspaper newsmakers. In fact, one gets the impression that boats do not sink in the country, pensioners do not starve, and children do not die from armless medicine. Everyone is interested in what is happening at the Bolshoi - apparently, they want something big and beautiful, gold-velvet.

Nowadays, you can only experience surprise from good and pleasant things (bad things no longer surprise). You experience this rare feeling when holding in your hands a beautifully published volume of “The Poetry of the Skalds.” Today in Russia to publish a seven-hundred-page book dedicated to poetry, and even such an exotic variety as skaldic art... Hats off! But with all my admiration for the fact itself, I cannot help but doubt. Who is the book actually intended for?

Author's voice without author Marina Ignatushko Date of publication: October 25, 2000 I have long accepted this: radio is for drivers and teenagers. And for sure - his advertising shout on the side of the tram, “What are you watching? You need to listen!”, is not addressed to me. But over the last year I have become as diligent a listener as possible - twice a week, while the “Voice of the Author” was heard on “Silver Rain”.

The paper expires from 10/25. Romance with the device Robot Lev Pirogov explains the concept of “other prose” Lev Pirogov Date of publication: October 25, 2000 Hello. You know, I received a salary. And immediately drank a lot of beer. Now it’s hard for me to write my thoughts. Because if a person has a salary, why does he need thoughts? No, well, that’s not my idea either. And Yatsutkina, which means she’s a cult... And not even Yatsutkina, no.

A few months ago, the Arbitrazhsudpravo law bureau, dearly loved by progressive humanity, issued a statement regarding the re-registration of domain names originally registered by the bureau. The statement claimed that registrants who took away from the poor unfortunate bureau one or more of the 1,300 domains it registered would be prosecuted by resourceful lawyers, not immediately, but after a couple of years, when these domains would be fully used for already promoted projects.

Other Serbs Vitaly Portnikov Date of publication: October 25, 2000 Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs (Sorbs) are the smallest of the Slavic peoples living in Germany, a surviving branch of the Polabian Slavs who came to the banks of the Laba River one and a half thousand years ago, most likely from the northern Carpathians. Despite intensive Germanization, they still retain their own culture.

A scalpel is good in the hands of a surgeon A few words about mathematics textbooks Vladimir Borzenko Date of publication: October 25, 2000 The problems of our school, in my opinion, are not at all rooted in the area of ​​textbooks. However, this aspect of education is, of course, very important.