POLIS Contents ¹ 2 - 2008



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.6

THEME OF THE ISSUE: ARE POLITICAL INNOVATIONS ALIEN TO THE CHURCH?
METROPOLITAN KIRILL Orthodoxy and Educationp.9
Zubov A.B. Christians and Politics: Persecuting Church and Persecuted Church. Why Will All Who Seek Living in Christ, Will Be Persecuted? p.17
Ryabykh Georgy Rd. Russian Orthodox Church in the System of Modern International Relations p.23
Malinovskaya Ye.A. Orthodoxy in Central Asia. The Sources and the Modern Time p.38
Schmidt W.V. Interpretation of the Personality of Patriarch Nikon in Russia and Abroad (J. Billington’s Research “The Icon and the Axe” as Example) p.46
Calvez J.-Y. Rd. Globalization and Church p.61
Zeletdinova E.A., Lagutkin O.Yu. Dominants of Social Conscious-ness in the Confessional Sphere in the Astrakhan Region p.68

RUSSIA TODAY
Workshop of the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russian Identity in Sociological Dimension. Part II. (Particular features of Russians’ vital values and aspirations. Democratic values in the structure of Russians’ mass consciousness.)p.81
Anokhina N.V., Meleshkina Ye.Yu. Evolution of Russia’s Parties Spectrum on the Eve of the 2007 Parliamentary Electionsp.105

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND CONFLICTS
Kazantzev A.A., Merkushev V.N. Russia and the Post-Soviet Space: Perspectives of Applying «Soft Power» p.122
Tarasov I.N. Escalation of History as Phenomenon in the Relations of Russia with the Countries of Central-East Europe p.136
Shvetzova D.S. Political Risks in States of Central Asiap.147
Chan Yang The Role of China in Settlement of the North Korean Nuclear Problemp.157

INTERPRETATIONS: METAMORPHOSES OF GLOBALIZATION
Krasikov S.A. Globalization: Political Risks of Openness p.162
Kolesnikova I.S. Globalization as a Risk-Generating Factor for Human Health? p.171

IDEAS FOR FURTHER CULTIVATION
Sergeyev V.M. The Problem of Power p.179

LIFE IN SCIENCE
Plyays Ya.A. Topical Problems of Russian Political Sciencep.182