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• Gender and Space in Literature and Cinema (Bogomil Rainov’s Roads to Nowhere and Metodi Andonov’s A White Room)

  Natalya Nyagolova

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  261

  The article discusses the structural link between the gender model and the fictional space in Bogomil Rainov’s short story Roads to Nowhere (1966) and its film adaptation—Metodi Andovov’s A White Room (1968). The transformations of the original text are traced via several semantic oppositions (masculine-feminine, rational-emotional, order-chaos) and the influence of two aesthetic paradigms—noir and the existentialist “new wave”. These transformations are interpreted in the socio-cultural context of the Bulgarian “thaw” with its quest for the marginal, regional, personal alternatives within the socialist system.

• Non-blame and/or Forgiveness: Observations about L.N. Tolstoy’s Theology on the Background of the Philosophy of I. Kant and M.M. Bakhtin

  10 p.

  Sergey Shults

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  358

  The problem of correlation of non-blame and forgiveness in L. Tolstoy’s world is put in the context of Kant’s and Bakhtin’s philosophy. The author comes to the conclusion that for L. Tolstoy non-blame is above forgiveness.

• Censor Nikolay Ratynsky’s Role in Russian Journalism of the Second Half of the 19th Century

  12 p.

  Dmitriy Mazalevskiy

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  342

  Recently, the political climate in Russia has caused the question of censorship to become
  an increasingly relevant issue, the history of which is necessary to explore and understand.
  The prevailing view regarding censorship is that it is a tool used to suppress the freedom of
  speech by stifling the writer’s thoughts. However, there were some eminent censors such as
  the poet Fyodor Tyutchev and the writer Ivan Goncharov. In this regard, it has become commont
  to consider censorship isolated from any moral categories and interpret g it only as a
  professional activity. In this context, the work of the censor Nikolai Ratynsky is of particular
  interest to us. Until now, little has been published on his influence as a censor on the writers
  of his time on the high professional level of his work in this capacity. Most of the corrections
  Ratynsky made were valid and justified by the political situation in the Russian Empire. He
  himself is further proof that, along with Tyutchev and Goncharov, there were honorable and
  qualified men among the censors of the time. All this allows us to claim that it is necessary
  to objectively consider and study the work of censors and ignor preconceptions and stereotypes
  that are usually associated with the word censor.

• Coping with Trauma: Minority Art Practices in the Context of the New Sensuality of Metamodernism

  7 p.

  Andrei Chukurov

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  383

  The information age has provided new opportunities for the institutionalization and functioning of various subcultural movements including those uniting people by offering them an alternative mental state. The proposed material is analyzed as an example of these associations. The article provides a brief analysis of the historical dynamics of the study of minority art practices and of their role and significance at present. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of Art Brut. Today minority art practices find their new meaning also in the context of the new sensuality of metamodernism, which is based on co-creation. We believe that the
  discourse of outsider art fosters a tolerant consciousness, raising issues of stigma, norm, deviation and internal liberation.

• Between Cyborg and Larva: A Vicious Circle That Human Beings Experience in the Post-humanist Era

  8 p.

  Andrey Chukurov

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  343

  The article reveals the reasons for and specific features of the transition to the posthumanist
  era. The author of the study reviews the criticism of classical humanism and analyzes
  the relationship between the concepts of "trans-humanism" and "post-humanism." In a
  situation in which a permanent identity is impossible and people move to a “current” “unstable”
  identity, the Imaginary becomes the main guideline for the self-identification process.
  Human beings are unable to cope with the challenges of our time and are aware of their own
  inferiority. That is why they are trying to improve themselves through the available body
  modifications. However, this process gives them a new panic attack over the potential loss
  of control over the body. Analyzing these processes, the author turns to the most controversial
  and specific phenomenon of popular culture – "body horror". This genre reveals the deep
  layers of consciousness, fears and insecurity of human beings in the post-humanist era.