Russian education in the 21st century: new frontiers (to the concept of development strategy) Alexander Abramov, Mikhail Grabilenkov Publication date: August 27, 2001 On the eve of the new academic year, the work of a large team on the draft program for the modernization of Russian education is being completed. The document published below is an independent alternative project developed as part of a public initiative. The text is based on the following ideas .

What is an empire? S.Kaspe. "Empire and modernization. General model and Russian specifics." M., Rosspen, 2001 Tamara Eidelman Publication date: August 27, 2001 The ’s wonderful book first part of Svyatoslav Kaspe “Empire and Modernization. General Model and Russian Specifics” provides a huge number of different definitions given by historians and political scientists to the very concept of empire. To my great surprise, I realized that none of them corresponded to my ideas.

Mythology begins with a textbook Interview with the founder of the St. Petersburg Classical Gymnasium Lev Lurie Publication date: August 27, 2001 Russian Magazine : Twelve years ago you became one of the founders of the first Classical Gymnasium in post-revolutionary Russia. The St.

Cinema on TV August 27 - September 2 Ekaterina Barabash Publication date: August 27, 2001 A week in which two films of the great Fellini and Visconti are shown , the best films of Georgiy Danelia and a film by Vaida , one cannot dare to call empty. Last week it was Georgy Nikolaevich Danelia’s birthday, and television (note the efficiency) decided to celebrate it this week.

Nietzsche With a Chaser (Nietzsche without beer - money down the drain) Libby Copeland (Libby Copeland) Washington Post Classical philosophy is becoming a truly popular hobby in America. “Philosophical cafes” have opened in New York, Washington, San Francisco and several other American cities, where people come not only to relax and drink beer, but to listen, for example, to a lecture on the categorical imperative by Immanuel Kant .

Magazine Fiction: Issue 53 "Arion" #2, 2001 Inna Bulkina Publication date: August 27, 2001 The second issue of "Arion" - stale, but the last of the network ones - is still a legacy of the old "Magazine Hall". It seems that it is the most successful of all the issues of this “mirror of Russian poetry” - those that we had to read here.

Seven performances of the week Tatyana Rybakina Publication date: August 27, 2001 Theaters are returning to Moscow, and a new and yet new theater season is beginning. “So what?” an indifferent person will ask. “Nothing special, everything repeats itself as always.” Nevertheless, there is a feeling of something new, sort of like schoolchildren on the first of September: everything is the same, both teachers and classmates, and at first everything is a joy.

Commercialization of education - “from above” and “from below” Mikhail Tulsky Publication date: August 27, 2001 And historically, the education system in Russia has been predominantly free. Until the 18th century, education was exclusively church-based and free, although donations from the population to the church, as well as the church's income from the use of the labor of its serfs, were significant and were indirectly a payment for its cultural role.

Poverty without a mask This article received the largest number of reader votes Bob Herbert Publication date: August 27, 2001 The poor in America are not noticed by anyone except themselves. You won't find them in areas where the rich live. Their children go to other schools. The poor aren't shown on TV, except on the local crime news. The poor are no longer a subject of political debate. Meanwhile, it is not so easy to hide the poor - today in the United States they number in the millions.

Ours and others' Kirill Yakimets Publication date: August 27, 2001 1. Morality as a problem of logic Since the time of Nietzsche, criticism of morality and moralizing has become a very popular activity. But firstly, the causal approach does not allow us to oppose arbitrariness to morality - and yet criticism of morality, especially from the standpoint of “common sense,” is usually carried out within the framework of traditional logic and the causal approach.

Hunger 50 Practical gastroenterology reading Alexander Ageev Publication date: August 27, 2001 Well , the August “Banner” was posted in the new “Magazine Hall” , and now you can write, as promised, about a strange article by Evgeny Ermolin about Timur Kibirov. She appeared in one of the most successful sections of this magazine - in "Nomenclatur", which has its own interesting story.