Свободное слово. Интеллектуальная хроника: 1999–2000. Альманах - 2000

This is the seventh issue of the almanac started in 1996. This issue, like the previous four (1996,1997,1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002), reflects the changes in the Intelligentsia’s attitude towards engagement and understanding of their role in Russian political life. The current volume is a collection of minutes of the political discussions in the "Svobodnoe Slovo" club in the Institute of Philosophy in 2003. Among the participants are the most respected Russian social scientists, politicians, philosophers, artists and journalists: V. Arslanov, V. Egorov, R. Khasbulatov, A. Kara-Murza, S. Kara-Murza, V. Lektorskii, M. Maliutin, V. Mezhuev, V. Nikonov, A. Riabov, L. Saraskina, V Tsymburskii, A. Zinov'ev, etc. The primary topics of this volume: National interests in the epoch of globalization; Public Relations and democracy; Nature of Russian power; Ideology of the future; Idols and ideals of modernity; Is there any alternative to Putin? Technology of thought: Power and cultural context; Culture and government.