In connection with the publication of the anthology “The Image of Poland on the Pages of Culture” , compiled by Grazyna Pomian, on December 18, 1999, a conference was held at the premises of the Polish Institute in Paris, organized by the institute and the Paris scientific center of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The first part of the conference was devoted to a discussion on the topic “The intelligentsia in the face of the past and the future.” The discussion was moderated by Krzysztof Pomian.

Recreating a boy Nikolai Kononov. Funeral of a grasshopper . - SPb.: INAPRESS, 2000 Vladimir Aristov Publication date: December 5, 2000 This becomes clear gradually as you delve into the novel (although it is constantly present during reading and puts pressure on the eyeballs from the inside) - the incredible importance of an unfamiliar feeling or message that the author wants to express.

Vladivostok should become the Far Eastern capital of Russia Valery Sharov Publication date: December 5, 2000 From the editor: Primorye has never left the pages of the press, and recently it has literally become the talk of the town. Actually, the reasons for which it was and is famous are always the same, and they can be divided into “proper” and “common” ones.

Twenty-fourth approach Publications about literature in paper and online media Adelaide Metelkina Publication date: December 5, 2000 Self-criticism Nick December 4, 2000 - 16:59 : "That's it - Adelaide is exhausted. In the 22nd approach. Already for typos of the NEWSPAPER - Kuritsyna is annoying. Isn't it funny? Last call, dear. I advise you to rest not until Monday, but at least a couple of weeks. Maybe and will help . " We are talking about the newspaper "Time MN" . Couple of weeks!

V.F. Markov. History of Russian futurism / Trans. from English V. Kucheryavkina, B. Ostanina. - St. Petersburg: Aletheya, 2000. - 438 p.; circulation 1500 copies; ISBN 5-69329-274-X. One can only welcome the publication in Russian of the classic treatise on Russian futurism. It’s hard to even imagine how many American, German, Japanese and even Filipino students chose their path in life and became Russian scholars after picking up this book.

About the benefits of “useful” and the value of “valuable” knowledge Maxim Krongauz Publication date: December 5, 2000 One of the few values ​​that is not questioned in modern society is education . It is in education that parents are ready to invest money; it seems that the state is already ready to invest money in education. Meanwhile, education in our country (and in fact, not only in it) is now experiencing a rather deep crisis. And this is not only due to a lack of funding.

British intelligence agencies are seeking legislation that would allow them to monitor and record all telephone conversations taking place in the country and then store the resulting data for seven years (information about which was leaked to the Observer ).

Famine: December 5, 2000 Practical gastroenterology reading Alexander Ageev Publication date: December 5, 2000 1. From opus to epic (Explanatory memoir) It’s already been two years since I quite successfully returned from the other world. I won’t hide it: this event immediately filled me with a certain organic complacency, in the organic sense that it was the body that rejoiced and became vain, having outplayed not only death itself, but also me, the main rapist over it.

Magazine reading: issue eighteen Inna Bulkina Publication date: December 5, 2000 And so, the tested tandem of “Znamya” with “New World”, the penultimate one this year. The paradox of the November plot is that “New World” loses to “Znamya” in its traditionally strong position of “great literature”: the 11th issue of “NM” presents here the darkly dreary Valery Popov and the idyllic and dreary Alexei Varlamov.

Ten films of the current week Ten Film Week To the premiere of the Korean blockbuster "Shiri" and the French comedy "Taxi-2" , as well as the show of other French and Korean paintings in Moscow The meaningless and merciless war is not for life, but for death is waged between the cinema of all developed countries and Hollywood for a very long time. So long ago that no one hopes for a particular outcome - until the movie turns into another dead language.

Myth-making in political calm Russian television on the verge of centuries. Essay II Alexander Shubin Publication date: December 5, 2000 Unlike books, television is a constantly flowing stream of information. Unlike a newspaper, it is a gigantic stream. Therefore, analysis of television broadcasts always suffers from incompleteness and selectivity.

Books at the head - 3 New Russian book. Critical and bibliographic journal of the Humanitarian Agency "Academic Project". ## 1 (1999), 1-3 (2000) Rebekah Frumkina Publication date: December 5, 2000 I never thought that a magazine consisting almost exclusively of reviews and, moreover, a Russian one, and a modern one at that, could be such an exciting read.

The Antiracism Trap Impressions from one conference Vladimir Malakhov Publication date: December 5, 2000 No one will argue that opposing oppression based on racial or ethnic differences is a necessary and noble cause. To effectively combat racism, targeted efforts by individuals and groups are not enough. This requires organization. In other words, institutional racism, that is, racism embedded in institutions, can only be countered by institutional antiracism.