New books that might be of interest:
Reviewed by Elvira Spirova, Ph.D.
THE ETHICAL RESPONSE TO THE EPOCH'S CHALLENGE
E.Yu. Solovyev The Categorical Imperative of the Morality and Law. M., 2005, circ. 1000 copies, 416 pp.
The book was meant to be dedicated to the 200th anniversary of philosopher Immanuil Kant's death. It deals with the deepest influence of his moral and practical doctrine on the development of the ethics and philosophy of law. It is a gripping reading: the book was brightly written by E. Yu. Solovev, in the best traditions of philosophical research.
Today, the issues considered by the author are frequent in the agenda of many an international conference or symposia (ethical, jurisprudential, politological). The paradox is they have had profound and deep answers in Kant's moral philosophy.
THE PHANTOM OF NIHILISM
Andre Glucksmann. Dostoevsky in Manhattan. Ekaterinburg, 2006, circ. 10,000 copies, 224 pp.
The prominent modern philosopher ponders over the roots of the contemporary Nihilism that, he claims, runs through any today's society. At that, he paid special attention to the Russian literary criticism.
The author proves, that the contemporary states amused themselves with the violence monopoly. While in peaceful time, the citizens had willy-nilly recognized that kind of sovereignty. At the time of wars or revolutions the monopoly was challenged, but monopoly itself seemed undoubtedly obligatory. Today, says the author, the monopoly is blown up, since the most powerful state had proved to be unable to maintain it within its own territory.
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