POLIS Contents ¹ 5 - 2012



PRESENTING THIS ISSUE
Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issuep.6

THEME OF THE ISSUE: DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS
Yakunin V.I. Dialogue of Civilizations for the Building of Peaceful and Inclusive Societiesp.8
De Vreede E. Culture, Civilization and Identityp.17

THEME OF THE ISSUE: DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS
Neklessa A.I. Northern Romea. Spaces of Complex Dialoguep.24
Kulikov V.I. The World Public Forum «Dialogue of Civilizations»p.41

CULTURE OF PEACE: COSMOPOLITANISM AND VARIETY OF NATIONS
Beck U. Living in and Coping with World Risk Society: The Cosmopolitan Turnp.44

CULTURE OF PEACE: COSMOPOLITANISM AND VARIETY OF NATIONS
Dallmayr F. Cosmopolitanism: In Search of Cosmosp.59
Tishkov V.A. On Principal Actors of Civilizational Dialogue. Cultural and Language Diversity of Modern Nationsp.77

INTERVIEW AND INTERPRETATIONS: DIALOGUE OF CONFESSIONS
The Dalai Lama XIV’s Talk With “Polis” Journal The Dalai Lama XIV – Without Politics. “Asia in Need of the West, and the West in Need of Asia”p.86
Zubov A.B. Peculiarities of Western Religiosity within a Systemic Typology of Religious Experiencep.96
Kargina I.G. Christianity’s Metamorphoses In Post-Modern Landscapep.106
Kharkevich M.V. Political Strengthening of the State through its Ontological Weakeningp.122

POLITICAL THEORY
Alekseyeva T.A. Strategic Culture: Evolution of the Conceptp.130
Baranovsky V.G. Basic Parameters of Modern System of International Relations. Part IIIp.148
Smorgunov L.V. Political "Between": The Phenomenon of Liminality in Contemporary Politicsp.159

RUSSIA TODAY
Kolosov V.A., Zotova M.V. Russian Citizens’ Geopolitical Worldview: Why Russia Is Not Europe?p.170

ACADEMIC LIFE
Information. ‘Kaspiy’ Political Science School p.187