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59.9 EUR

456 pp. (Spanish).

Книга посвящена наиболее выдающимся проектам и постройкам советского архитектурного авангарда, сыгравшего решающую роль в становлении и развитии стиля XX века. Объекты отбирались по принципу их архитектурно-художественных достоинств, а также с учетом их роли в формировании влиятельных... (More)

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23.9 EUR

880 pp. (English).
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For several decades now, people around the world have shown tremendous interest in Afghanistan. This country has been continuously struggling with a legacy of protracted wars, political tensions and religious confrontation. To this day, Afghanistan remains a bleeding wound left by the... (More)

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14.9 EUR

160 pp. (Spanish).
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Este libro está dirigido al amplio círculo de personas que aprecian los valores de la democracia y del socialismo, que buscan vías de renovación de la teoría socialista y comunista, pero también es de gran interés para todos los interesados en comprender los problemas relacionados con la actual crisis... (More)

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14.9 EUR

160 pp. (Spanish).

En el libro que el lector tiene en sus manos se parte de la consideración de que la filosofía del marxismo no es una ``visión general del mundo'', sino la teoría sobre el método de pensamiento, conocimiento y actividad práctica de los hombres. O dicho de otra manera, de la lógica dialéctica.

Por eso... (More)

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26.9 EUR

248 pp. (Russian).
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В данной монографии проводится прагмалингвистический анализ когнитивной метафоры в двух жанрах американского президентского дискурса: «инаугурационной речи» (Inauguration Speech) и «декларации намерений лидера партии баллотироваться в президенты страны» (Acceptance Speech). На материале речей... (More)

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49.9 EUR

Ed.: Grinin L., Ilyin I., Korotayev A.
Globalistics and Globalization Studies
400 pp. (English).
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Today globalization can be treated as the most important global process. It is a multi-faceted phenomenon and in every country it has its own image. One can get a truly objective picture of the rapidly changing and integrating world only through a synthesis of all those particular visions. In the present... (More)

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39.9 EUR

320 pp. (English).
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The present monograph considers some macrohistorical trends along with the aspects of globalization. Macrohistory is history on the large scale that tells the story of the entire world or of some major dimensions of historical process. For the present study three aspects of macrohistory have been chosen.... (More)

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39.9 EUR

Ed.: Grinin L., Korotayev A., Carneiro R.L., Spier F.
Evolution: Cosmic, Biological, and Social
296 pp. (English).
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The almanac is helpful for those who study interdisciplinary macroproblems as well as for specialists working within specific trends, and also for those who to a greater or lesser extent are interested in the evolutionary problems of astrophysics, geology, biology, history, anthropology, linguistics;... (More)

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25.9 EUR

Ed.: Turchin P., Grinin L., Munck V.C.de, Korotayev A.
History and mathematics: Historical Dynamics and Development of Complex Societies
216 pp. (English).
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The times of “Pure History” when historians were only interested in the deeds of kings and heroes passed long ago. A more and more important role is played by new directions in historical research that study long-term dynamic processes and quantitative changes. This kind of history can hardly develop... (More)

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21.9 EUR

184 pp. (English).
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This almanac initiates a series of edited volumes dedicated to various aspects of the application of mathematical methods to the study of history and society. It comprises articles that apply mathematical methods to the study of various epochs and scales: from deep historical reconstruction to the pressing... (More)

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13.9 EUR

160 pp. (English).
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Human society is a complex nonequilibrium system that changes and develops constantly. Complexity, multivariability, and contradictions of social evolution lead researchers to a logical conclusion that any simplification, reduction, or neglect of the multiplicity of factors leads inevitably to the multiplication... (More)

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176 pp. (English).

Human society is a complex nonequilibrium system that changes and develops constantly. Complexity, multivariability, and contradictions of social evolution lead researchers to a logical conclusion that any simplification, reduction, or neglect of the multiplicity of factors leads inevitably to the multiplication... (More)

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16.9 EUR

128 pp. (English).
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Human society is a complex nonequilibrium system that changes and develops constantly. Complexity, multivariability, and contradictoriness of social evolution lead researchers to a logical conclusion that any simplification, reduction, or neglect of the multiplicity of factors leads inevitably to the... (More)

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25.9 EUR

480 pp. (Russian).

Cycles, crises, and traps the modern world-system (Kondratiev's, Juglar's and secular cycles, global crises, and the Malthusian and post-Malthusian traps).

Исторические и современные события показывают, что циклы, порождающие ловушки и кризисы, являются важнейшим способом социального развития. Так,... (More)

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8.9 EUR

532 pp. (Russian).
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Данная книга представляет собой коллекцию научных трудов, посвящённых изучению Русской Революции 1917 года и отражающих современные дискуссии в этой области при мультидисциплинарном подходе (история, филология, политология, социология, культурология и т. д.).

Сборник разделен на четыре части,... (More)

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15.9 EUR

200 pp. (Russian).

В предлагаемой монографии предпринимается попытка творческого продолжения коммуникативной теории разума Юргена Хабермаса. За основу берутся три идеи: формально-прагматический анализ языка, перспективы общественной рационализации в эпоху модерна и взаимоотношения между системой и жизненным миром... (More)

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29.9 EUR

432 pp. (Russian). Увеличенный формат (170мм x 240мм).
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Наградная система государства, наряду с флагом и гербом, является символом его суверенитета. Своеобразие инструментария поощрений – подтверждение справедливости многополярного восприятия мира.

Издание «Награды стран мира» содержит сведения о более чем 330 высших и высоких наградах (более 500... (More)

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21.9 EUR

304 pp. (English).
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What are the problems and dilemmas that confront man in the age of science? Will he be able to control the rapid course of scientific and technological progress or will he become a victim of scientistic manipulations? How does science relate to humanistic principles.

The author examines the problems... (More)

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18.9 EUR

288 pp. (Russian).
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В настоящее время интерес к северным регионам и Северу в целом неуклонно возрастает. Север — общая тема для России и Норвегии не только в политическом и географическом измерениях, но и в культурном отношении, в плане познания менталитета и темперамента северян.

Представляемая... (More)

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15.9 EUR

264 pp. (English).
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This collection of essays consists of three parts each of which deals with one of the aspects in the problematic of globalization and its influence on the cultural imaginary and fiction, the subjectivity of an intellectual and the shaping of aesthetics. In the first part the attention focuses on the... (More)

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184 pp. (English).
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Until quite recently, cultural evolution has commonly been regarded as the permanent teleological move to a greater level of hierarchy, crowned by state formation. However, recent research, particularly those based upon the principle of heterarchy --- л...the relation of elements to one another when... (More)

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Ed.: Grinin L.E., Carneiro R.L., Bondarenko D.M., Kradin N.N., Korotayev A.V.
The Early State, Its Alternatives and Analogues
544 pp. (English).
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Issues of formation and evolution of the early (archaic) state continue to remain among those problems which have not found their generally accepted solutions yet. Contributors to The Early State , Its Alternatives and Analogues represent both traditional and non-traditional points of view on the evolution... (More)

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Полин Браун, в течение 25 лет возглавлявшая североамериканское подразделение Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, рассказывает об эстетической составляющей в бизнесе, а также рассказывает, как развить эстетический интеллект в себе. (More)

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27.9 EUR

200 pp. (English).
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This book is devoted to a comprehensive study of radical mass forms of social protest, as an independent phenomenon with its own laws, and technologies for managing this phenomenon in the political struggle. This phenomenon is formed by a whole range of types of social protest and confrontation in society:... (More)

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26.9 EUR

304 pp. (English).
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Written by Russian politics and international relations specialist Igho Natufe, Russian Foreign Policy: In Search of Lost Influence is a critical analysis of Russian foreign policy since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It examines the challenges facing Russia as it grapples with the tasks... (More)

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Guts A.K., Frolova Yu.V., Páutova L.A.
Métodos matemáticos en la sociología
304 pp. (Spanish).
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Este libro presenta los elementos de la sociología matemática y constituye un intento de familiarizar a los sociólogos con el aparato matemático moderno, incluidas las ideas sinergéticas en la sociología. Se estudian las ideas fundamentales y algunos ejemplos típicos de la simulación matemática en la... (More)

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39.9 EUR

288 pp. (English).
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This book synthesizes for the first time ever the information from various Soviet archives (military, governmental, economic, public, etc.) about the creation and development of chemical weapons in the Soviet Union, and provides data about the wide-ranging and secret preparation of USSR for an offensive... (More)

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39.9 EUR

400 pp. (English).
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This book synthesizes for the first time ever the information from various Soviet archives (military, governmental, economic, public, etc.) about the creation and development of chemical weapons in the Soviet Union, and provides data about the wide-ranging and secret preparation of USSR for an offensive... (More)