Has the age of French intellectualism come to an end? For decades, Anglo-Saxons watched in fascination as French luminaries such as Jean-Paul Sartre , Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Derrida enlightened the world with existentialism, structuralism and deconstruction. Although the philosophers listed above are not similar to each other, they still have much in common: they were all public figures and, from a political point of view, were left of center.

Powell instead of Albright, or missile defense instead of Chechnya The first appointments in the George W.

All about Poetry 10 Discussion Miroslav Nemirov Publication date: December 20, 2000 American poetry Brodsky argued that she is the greatest in the world in the 20th century. You have to take Brodsky at his word: he practically didn’t read it. American love This phenomenon has flourished in the cultural centers of our homeland since the mid-1950s: dudes, jazzmen, V. Aksenov, I. Brodsky and others. and so on.

Shura Balaganov and the skit masters. Swim #5 Review of paper press on culture Vahit Karkyraev Publication date: December 20, 2000 “Shura, we want to receive reciprocity from you . ” This is not Babel, and not Ilf and Petrov, but the title of an article by Roman Dolzhansky in today's Kommersant . It’s not hard to guess what.

Three cities Mark Pechersky Publication date: December 20, 2000 Barcelona According to local legend, the devil tempted Christ with earthly beauty on Mount Tibidabo . There is now a cable car running there, and anyone can see that a mortal cannot resist such a temptation. According to the rules of American ethics, the author of these lines is obliged to warn the reader about his obvious bias.

With Pasibo, loved ones; Thank you. Thank you for winning not "old Hottabych". After Timur, I expected anything from you. Thank you, thanks again. The most amazing thing is that not even Akunin won. Blok won. That's interesting: is this a phenomenon of an unconscious -internal text perception? Does the Blok victory have an attitude to talk about Merezhkovsky , or, more likely, to the Leib peasants - or is it a walker himself to work with the fetid courtyards so popular?

Consolidation? The point of view of the “patriotic” press on events in Russia and the world (December 7-20) Petr Krikunov Publication date: December 20, 2000 The central topic for all Russian media over the past two weeks has been the problem of adopting Russian state symbols . The general position of patriotic publications on this issue boils down to the following: they, as one would expect, unconditionally support the former Soviet anthem and the red flag .

Books for the week from 12/20/2000 Lisa Novikova Publication date: December 20, 2000 Yuna Moritz. Face: Poems. Poem. - M.: Russian book, 2000 ("Poetic Russia"). Yunna Moritz, a poetess, appreciated by all children for her song about a rubber hedgehog with a hole in the right side, after a long break, released a new collection of “adult” poems called “Face.” Moritz's unique poetic face turned out to be slightly distorted by a political grimace.

Every sigh of relief from MP3.com is followed by another lawsuit. This time, EMusic formulated claims against the company , accusing MP3.com of illegally distributing music from the plaintiff’s collection through the My.MP3.com service . Apparently it's safer for MP3.com to never sigh. Or don't breathe.

A Quick Guide to Travel Guides Mark Pechersky Publication date: December 20, 2000 At the end of the last century, only one guidebook was available to tourists - the famous Baedeker. Nowadays, the shelves in bookstores are overflowing with reference books for each place, perplexing the buyer with a choice. He, the reader, is right in hesitating which one he needs more. A guidebook is too important a purchase; it often determines what you will see and how much you will pay for the pleasure.

The cars have no problem. I would like to be a car And you don't? (Andy Warhol - Andrey Warhol) Preface to the final part I have planned to write q icl articles about Alan Turing for a long time. This looked like a natural continuation of the work dedicated to Norbert Wineera . But starting it, I regretted it. At first it was difficult for me to understand Turing, and I made my way among the texts of his articles, formulas and extensive biographical data.

Future spring threatens to become the most exhausting in recent years for Moscow theateraries. On April 9, national theater awards will be distributed - "Golden Masks" , and before that, the festival of nominated performances will go for two weeks. By the end of April, the III World Theater Olympics will open, the fire of which will burn for three months.

Whatever the unfortunate author of The Golden Bug had to do to earn enough for a glass or two of cognac. In 1841, in an American magazine, he published two cryptograms - puzzles for inquisitive readers. However, not only none of Poe’s contemporaries, but also none of his descendants for almost one and a half hundred years could cope with these problems.

Self -criticism " Anonymous December 20, 2000 - 16:57 : Adelaide Metelkina, a girl with a stinging style of presentation of materials. Publication of novels under the name Holm Van Zaychik is a literary provocation of the editor -in -chief of the" Book Review "A. Gavrilov. This is the so -called" Literary Project ", the second in Russia after Akunin, Gavrilov does not give rest the lavra's rest. The “Exlibes”, who at one time, promoted the Japanese writer in Russia.

In reading other people's personal diaries, there is always something attractive, but shameful - how to spy in the bathroom for their older sister. Such a dual feeling is set by the ambivalence itself, even the centaurism of the nature of this genre. The intimate diary is more intimate than a love letter. But still, the written form forces to take into account the hypothetical reader. For whom is they writing a diary? For himself, for God or ... probably, nevertheless "or".