Books 2008–2010

Gurevich, P.S. Kulturologia [Culturology]: textbook. – 2^nd ed., – M.: «Omega-L» Publ., 2010. – 427 p. – (University textbook). – ISBN 978-5-370-01307-2 Agency CIP RGB.

The textbook highlights the most important problems of culturology: how culturology and the philosophy of culture are related, what is culture, how search for meaning goes on in culture, what ensures the dynamics of culture. Special attention is paid to such problems as a semiotic approach to culture, axiological dimension of culture, the integral character of culture. The author also discusses new tendencies of culturology expressed in nihilism, postmodernist philosophy and transpersonal psychology.

The book is meant not only for students and specialists, it might be of interest to the broad reading public.

Sultanova, M.A. Filosofia kontrkultury Teodora Rozsaka [The philosophy of culture of Theodore Rozsak]: (a philosophical essay). – M.: IPhRAS, 2009. – 175 p. -ISBN 978-5-9540-0155-6.

This philosophical essay makes an attempt at analyzing the works of a theorist of counterculture T.Rozsak. Philosophical-intuitive, antitechnological and antitechnocraqtic ideas of «ecological personalism», as well as religious-mystic motives inherent in counterculture (a leftist-radical protest movement of students and intellectuals in the USA in the 60–70ies of the 20^th c.), in many respects reflected ideological and spiritual strivings of young intellectuals in the past decades of the 20^th c., has a powerful effect on world art, on the whole spiritual and intellectual climate of our age. Opposition to the dominant culture, birth of new value-moral and life attitudes are regarded in modern philosophy of counterculture as a process periodically reviving in the world history.

The publication in 2009 was dedicated to the 40^th anniversary of a grandiose rock festival in Woodstock, (New-York, USA) in 1969. This event, having gathered about half a million of participants, is regarded as the beginning of a mass protest movement termed counterculture.

Gurevich, P.S. Psikhologia lichnosti [Psychology of the personality]: textbook for univ.stud. – M.: Yuniti-Dana, 2009. – 559 p. – (Series «Actual psychology»). – ISBN 978-5-238-01588-0 Agency CIP RGB.

Psychology of the personality is a very popular and interesting set of knowledge. Modern psychological literature, for designation of a human being, for his characteristic, uses three terms: «individual», «individuality», «personality». The textbook deals with such problems as human nature, human essence, human subjectivity, uniqueness of a human being, the problem of integrity, etc. As has been shown, the personality implies eternal strain and search. The personality is always a breakthrough into the spiritual sphere. According to N.A.Berdyaev, attainment of spirituality is the major objective of human life. The textbook contains a combination of theoretical and applied aspects of studying the personality, its development, motivation, mental health and psychopathologies. Special attention is paid to the typology of the personality.

The textbook might be of interest to psychologists and philosophers, university and college students, and also to the general public.

Gurevich, P.S. Psikhologia reklamy: istoriko-analiticheskoe i filosofskoe soderzhanie [Psychology of advertisement: historical-analytic and philosophical content]: textbook. – Rostov-on-Don: Feniks, 2009. – 459 p. – (Higher education). – ISBN 978-5-222-14768-9.

The textbook deals with advertisement as a social and psychological phenomenon. The author discusses psychological mechanisms employed in advertising, shows the possibilities of advertisement and ways of enhancing its effectiveness. On the other hand, the books relates the psychology of advertisement and philosophical anthropology. The author answers the questions: why advertisement appeared and what ensures its activities, which essentially are not mere information. The book points out to relations between advertisement and lifestyles, people’s values and attitudes.

For students, post-graduate students and lecturers, for all interested in deep processes of advertising.

Gurevich, P.S. Raskolotost’ chelovecheskogo bytiya [The split of human being]. – M.: IPhRAS, 2009. – 199 p. – ISBN 978-5-9540-0144-0.

Gurevich, P.S. Kulturologia [Culturology]: textbook for comprehensive vocational institutions. – M: YuNITI-DANA, 2008. – 327 p. (Series «Textbooks of Professor P.S.Gurevich»). – ISBN 978-5-238-01289-6 Agency CIP RGB.

Gurevich, P.S. Obshchestvoznanie. 11 klass [Social knowledge. Grade 11]: textbook for secondary schools / P.S.Gurevich, E.Z.Nikolaeva. – M.: Mnemozina, 2008. – 303 p.: il. – ISBN 978-5-346-00919-1.

The course of social science includes two textbooks – for grades 10 and 11 of comprehensive secondary schools. They embrace a wide range of knowledge on philosophy, sociology, history, economics, law, psychology, on problems of politics and the spiritual sphere, which are discussed in their interrelations and interactions as in integral system of social relationships.

Gurevich, P.S. Politicheskaya psikhologia [Political psychology]: textbook for university students. – M: YuNITI-DANA, 2008. – 543 p. – (Series «Actual psychology»). – ISBN 978-5-238-01429-6 Agency CIP RGB.

How do people behave in politics? What life principles and ideas they uphold? What are motives of their behaviour? What psychological mechanisms manifest themselves in the sphere of political behaviour of particular individuals, groups and whole societies? Political psychology is a field of psychology studying psychological components – moods, opinions, feelings, value orientations, and also their specificities – in the political life of society. These specificities are formed and manifested at the level of political consciousness and self-consciousness of nations, classes, social groups, governments, individuals, and are implemented in concrete political actions. The book highlights such issues as the birth of political pathopsychology, psychohistory, psychology of masses, psychology of leadership and the cult of leader, political language, etc.

Gurevich, P.S. Filosofia religii [The philosophy of religion]: Reading book: textbook / Comp. and ed. by D.Sc. in philosophy and philology, Prof. P.S.Gurevich. – M.: Publ.house of Moscow Institute of Psychology and Sociology (MPSI); Voronezh: NPO «MODEK» Publishers, 2008. – 600 p. – (Series «Student’s library»). – ISBN 978-5-89502-827-8 (MPSI) – ISBN 978-5-89395-748-8 (NPO «MODEK»). 

The reading book is a supplement to the book by Prof. P.S.Gurevich «Religiovedenie [Religious studies]». Selecting the material, the author proceeded from the idea that «philosophy of religion is a total of philosophical attitudes towards religion, philosophical comprehension of its nature and functions, and also philosophical justification of deity, reasoning on its nature and attitude to the world and mankind». The selected works are divided into three sections: «Religious and mystic experience»; «Philosophical comprehension of religion»; «Religion and culture».

Gurevich, P.S. Filosofskaya antropologiya [Philosophical anthropology]: textbook. – M.: «Omega-L» Publ., 2008. – 607 p. – ISBN 978-5-370-00802-3.

The textbook highlights various types of philosophical-anthropological doctrines, discusses the spectrum of philosophical problems of man, presents philosophical anthropology as an independent discipline. Philosophical anthropology studies human nature, the meaning and value of human life, the drama of human relationships. The book is structured around the issues of systematization of anthropological ideas, anthropological catastrophe, anthropogenesis, human subjectivity and personalistic tradition. The book contains controlling questions, topics for homework and written tests.

Gurevich, P.S. Estetika [Esthetics]: textbook for university students. – M: YuNITI-DANA, 2008. – 303 p. – (Series «Textbooks of Professor P.S.Gurevich»). – ISBN 978-5-238-01021-2 Agency CIP RGB.

The book deals with the esthetics of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Renaissance and Medieval Europe, the esthetics of avant-gardism and modern postmodernism. Special sections are dedicated to outstanding representatives of world culture and art: I. Kant, G. Hegel, F. Schlegel, P. Rubens, F. Goya, S. Dali, W. Shakespeare, J.W. Goethe, C. Baudelaire and others.

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