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REPUBLIC or the Concern of the Public, Oleg Kharkhordin

Today, most people consider a republic to be a form of government that stands in opposition to a monarchy. In the first case, people elect their rulers, in the second, tsars or kings transfer power to their heirs. However, from the time of Cicero until the American Revolution in 1776 or even the French Revolution in 1789, monarchy was seen as a form of republic. Many questions arise here.

THEORIES OF THE REPUBLIC, Serge Audier

The republican idea has occupied a central place in public discussions since the early 1980s. This book, by contemporary French philosopher Serge Audier, offers a historical and conceptual analysis to clarify the deeper meaning of this idea. The Republic, which is a key concept of Ancient Rome (res publica - “public affair”), re-emerges in the Renaissance and begins to embody political freedom capable of resisting arbitrariness.

LIBERTY BEFORE LIBERALISM, Quentin Skinner, Translated from the English by Artemy Magun; academic editor Oleg Kharkhordin

This essay, written by one of the world's leading historians, represents an important contribution to scholarship. In the first part, the author seeks to retrieve from oblivion and rehabilitate the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states, as it was developed in early modern England. The analysis turns into a convincing apology for the nature, goals and objectives of intellectual history and the history of ideas.

THE URBAN COMMUNE OF MEDIEVAL PSKOV, Alexey Vovin

From the 14th Century to the Beginning of the 16th Century This book is devoted to the socio-political development of Pskov before its annexation in 1510 by the Muscovy. The book challenges the ideas that are widespread in previous historiography about Pskov repeating the socio-political system of Novgorod.

Sexual Harassment in the Context of Medical Organizations: Asymmetries of Power, Intersections of Inequalities, and the Privatization of Experience

This paper addresses cases of social situations that can be identified as sexual harassment in Russian healthcare. Drawing on the intersectional approach and some prerequisites of the sociology of professions, the article reveals several dimensions of power asymmetry in the context of medical professions and organizations, and analyzes their synergistic effects. In particular, it examines the symbolic inequalities of different medical professions, emphasizing their gendered character.

Cancer screening: Theory and applications

The objective of screening is to reduce the public health burden from the target disease. For cancer, this means primarily prevention of cancer screening deaths. For some cancer types, a premalignant lesion can be detected by screening and treated, so that incidence of invasive cancer can be reduced. Before adopting a cancer screening program as a health-system wide policy, valid evidence of screening effectiveness in decreasing cancer mortality must be available from large population studies, ideally randomized screening trials.