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Плоская земля: от живучего мифа к научной метафоре
Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология. 2025. Т. 25. № 2. С. 512–524.
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The article is an essay based on two recently published in Russian popular science books, both mentioning the flat Earth in their titles (although one only in its Russian edition) but for solving different research problems. The first book by V. Giacomotto-Charra and S. Nony The Flat Earth: Genealogy of a False Idea reconstructs the myth about the origin of the flat Earth myth and could not do without detailed characteristics of the essence and factors of the formation of the flat-earthers movement. The second book by D. McRaney How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion mentions this movement only on the very last pages (in the epilogue) due to the use of the concept of the flat Earth as a kind of scientific metaphor implying a multitude of different factors of the spread of unscientific and pseudoscientific ideas in the contemporary world which we prefer to perceive as a stronghold of scientific progress and a rational worldview. The article briefly summarizes the content of two books to confirm the proposed perspective of the perception of “flat-earthism” and provides “expert assessments” illustrating and complementing this perspective.
Research target:
Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology
Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies
Language:
Russian
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Klimov I., Gavrilov K., Zabolotsky A. et al., BRICS Expert Council-Russia, 2026.
This study was prepared on the initiative of the BRICS Civil Society Council with the aim of a systematic analysis of the sector of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the countries of the association. As of February 2025, the BRICS includes ten states: Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, China, UAE, Russia, Ethiopia, South Africa. Within the framework ...
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Klimov I., Chepeleva M., Gavrilov K. et al., Civil BRICS Council, 2026.
This research study was conducted at the initiative of the Civil BRICS Council for the purpose
of performing a systemic analysis of the non-profit sector (hereinafter, the ‘NPO sector’),
encompassing both non-profit organizations (NPOs) and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), in each of the constituent member countries of BRICS. Since February 2025, BRICS
has consisted of 10 member states: Brazil, China, ...
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The socio-economic situation in small towns in Russia has long been at the center of the management agenda. The contradictory nature of support measures for such settlements lies in attempts to focus on the economic and managerial aspects of their efficiency. At the same time, both scientific literature and management practice pay insufficient attention to the typology of economic activity ...
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Mikhaleva V., Социология: методология, методы, математическое моделирование 2026 Т. 35 № 1 С. 36–70
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Салагай О. О., Сахарова Г. М., Антонов Н. С. et al., Медицина 2026 Т. 14 № 2 С. 42–57
A global step in the fight against tobacco was the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2003, which includes the organization of monitoring of the prevalence of tobacco consumption. The main condition for monitoring is its organization based on representative surveys of the population and its individual groups, as well as ...
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Kravtsova M., Musaev A. U., Welzel C., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
Elaborating on Welzel et al.'s "Cool Water Theory," our study zooms into the more limited (albeit still varied) framework conditions of Russia's huge territory. Within Russia's confines, we examine how the combination of moderately cool seasons with steady rain (i.e., Cool Water) affects sub-national areas' contemporary societal progress in two modernization indicators: material prosperity in ...
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Musical notation has enjoyed universal recognition for centuries, whereas dance notation has remained comparatively underdeveloped and conceptually challenging. As a kinetic and embodied art form, dance requires a system of notation capable of reflecting its visual, affective, and technical dimensions while at the same time meeting the normative demands of stage practice. The first serious ...
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The article presents a preliminary synthesis of materials from an expedition conducted in the Ulyunkhan ulus, an Evenk
settlement in the Kurumkansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, in 2025, comparing them with materials from a 2005 expedition. The study focuses on the changes over the past twenty years as perceived by the local residents themselves (Buryats and Evenks). It compares ...
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Paramonov A. A., Вопросы философии 2025 № 7 С. 39–45
The article is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Elena Arkadyevna
Mamchur, one of the leading Russian philosophers and methodologists of science,
whose works have already become recognized classics of the Russian
philosophy of science. The author draws attention to the wide spectrum
of E.A. Mamchur’s research, covering the processes of formation and development
of scientific knowledge ...
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Zolotukhin V. V., Ишрак: ежегодник исламской философии 2026 Т. 4 № 1 С. 36–47
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Arakawa S., Социология 2026 № 4 С. 298–302
It is well known that Gyōnen, a monk of the Kegon school, was also deeply connected with the Ritsu (Vinaya) tradition. Moreover, the Vinaya occupied such an important place in his thought that he devoted special works to it. However, Japanese Buddhism has often been described as existing without strict Vinaya observance, and the Ritsu ...
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Vorchik A., / SSRN. Серия Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026.
This work is devoted to a theoretical explanation of the Easterlin paradox, according to which long-term economic growth does not make average level of people's happiness increasing. By happiness, we mean the intensity of emotions people experience while comparing their new income with its expected value, or the target income with its original value. In the first case, ...
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Алхимов А. П., Виноградова М., Гончаренко Д. et al., СПб.: НИУ ВШЭ - Санкт-Петербург, 2025.
Книга написана в жанре анти-методички по полевой этнографии и обращена «от студента — к студенту». Все главы объединяет стремление авторов поделиться своим полевым опытом, в рамках которого возникали не только трудности, препятствия, но и радостные открытия, побеждали находчивость или вера в себя. Вводный раздел посвящен поиску границ и природы «поля» в социальной антропологии, тогда как ...
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М.: ООО «Адвансед солюшнз», 2026.
Данный выпуск сборника студенческих статей .Восточная перспектива. включает в себя статьи победителей и призеров XI Международной научной студенческой конференции "Восточная перспектива", состоявшейся 18 мая 2024 года. В 2024 году на конференцию было подано 115 заявок, офлайн и онлайн в конференции приняли участие докладчики и слушатели из различных вузов России и ближнего и дальнего Зарубежья. ...
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М.: ООО «Адвансед солюшнз», 2026.
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Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Вопросы экономики 2026 № 5 С. 115–130
The paper analyzes the specifics of status perception and its reflection in the consumption patterns among Russians belonging to the top decile of the income distribution. The study draws on data from a special survey conducted within the framework of the HSE University project “Economic Behaviour of Households”. A comparison of perceptions regarding status-signaling goods ...
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Pishnyak A., Khalina N., Nazarbaeva E., Вопросы экономики 2026 № 5 С. 34–50
Drawing on the analysis of the consumer and financial practices of the Russian middle class, this article examines whether these practices represent its inherent characteristics or serve as factors of internal differentiation. Using a multidimensional definition of the middle class based on respondents’ income level, education, and occupational status, and relying on data from a ...
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Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science 2026 No. 89 P. 198–205
This study investigates the evolution of identity politics in Bangladesh, tracing its origins from colonial legacies to contemporary challenges under the lens of neocolonialism theory. It examines how religious, ethnic, and linguistic identities have shaped political dynamics, fostering both mobilization and societal division. The research highlights historical roots, including British divide-and-rule policies and the 1947 ...
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Барьеры «вовлеченного отцовства»: детерминанты распределения родительского труда в российских семьях
Моисеева А. А., Voronina N., Социологические исследования 2026 № 3 С. 74–88
Статья посвящена изучению связи соотношения доходов родителей в нуклеарных семьях со временем родительского труда в России. Также обсуждаются другие факторы, объясняющие временные затраты на родительский труд: характеристики родителей (пол, возраст, образование, занятость, наличие инвалидности), характеристики детей (общее число детей, возраст младшего ребенка, наличие инвалидности), средний доход на члена домохозяйства, тип населенного пункта, а также тип ...
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Trofimova N., Kiseleva S. V., , in: Синергия языков и культур 2021: Междисциплинарные исследования.: St. Petersburg: ., 2022. P. 522–533.
The article analyses the semiotics of smells in love discourse. A specific element of this discourse is analyzed: the smell of a woman in the perception of a man in love with her, its symbolism and linguistic representation. Firstly, the authors emphasize that there is no conventionalized “smell vocabulary” in any language. Then three main ways of describing smell ...
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Тамбов: Тамбовский государственный университет им. Г.Р. Державина, 2025.
"Cognitive Studies of Language" is a leading scientific field and periodical studying language as a cognitive mechanism, a tool for conceptualizing and categorizing the world, storing and processing information. It analyzes the relationship between language, consciousness, and mental processes, including conceptual analysis, frame semantics, and modeling, drawing on the work of Russian and international experts.
The ...
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Леонов Т. В., Вестник Самарского университета. История, педагогика, филология 2025 Т. 31 № 4 С. 248–256
This research is devoted to analyzing the functioning of the conceptual metaphor «LANGUAGE LEARNING IS A JOURNEY» in contemporary English-language linguodidactic discourse. The study's objective was to identify the suggestive potential of this metaphor for transforming cognitive representations, emotional patterns, and social roles in the educational process. A longitudinal experiment involving students of HSE University ...
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Alexander V. Solovyov, Journal of Sinographic Philologies and Legacies 2025 Vol. 1 No. 4 P. 46–86
In Korean studies, the prevailing consensus has long been that Kim Pusik’s 金富軾 (1075-1151) Samguk sagi 三國史記narrative is predominantly Confucian, dry, and rational. However, in the 21st century, this view has been vigorously and successfully challenged by scholars who find profound drama and undeniable literary merit in this chronicle. Following this trend, I analyze the methods of ...
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Valentina Apresjan, Alexander V. Orlov, Koncha K. et al., Metaphor and Symbol 2026 Vol. 41 No. 1 P. 5–38
This study investigates the mental representation and processing of the two types of metaphorical senses in Russian polysemous verbs and adjectives using eye-tracking, sensicality judgment, and semantic clustering tasks. The metaphorical senses under study differ in their semantic proximity to the literal sense, with “proximal” metaphors (e.g. “raise prices”) retaining more semantic components, and “distal” ...
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