Core moral concept of ren (仁) in the Analects (Lunyu) and its translation in Rus-sian Sinology
This article examines the interrelationship among the key Confucian concepts known as the “Five Constants” (五常) in the ancient Chinese philosophical text “The Analects” (Lunyu). It focuses on the polysemy of the central moral concept ‘ren’ (仁) in different contexts and analyzes how this concept is rendered in Russian through a comparison of passages translated by Russian sinologists. The study aims to describe the methods and strategies used by Russian translators of classical ...
The role of the concorded renaming in the formation of the oikonymy in the Kaliningrad Region
The article examines the ways in which the original East Prussian and new Soviet oikonyms were concorded during the post-war renaming of some settlements in the Kaliningrad region. A comparative phonetic and semantic analysis of the respective names revealed that the same thematic correlation (with a predominance of references to the flora, fauna and water bodies of the area) and ideological antonymy, usually manifested in an indirect form, prevail among them. In addition, translation (usually partial)...
The space of metaphor in the space of the created locus (based on Hrant Matevosyan’s prose)
Any city holds hidden meanings associated with its history, intentional or unintentional plans of builders, representations of power and practices of residents, revealing archaic or pseudo-archaic elements in the city structure. The article focuses on Yerevan as a space of multiple symbolic layers, conflicts and re-significations. The authors trace how in the Armenian capital throughout the 20
th
and 21
st
centuries there was a deliberate displacement of some signs by others — from the demolition...
Global energy and environmental security in the current global economic crisis
This article considers the problems of the environmental impact of energy. Further reduction of this impact on the global environment can be achieved two ways. The short-term one implies the increase in energy efficiency. In the next 15—20 years, the increase in efficiency should become a priority of the energy policy of all states. The long-term one is based on the gradual expansion of renewable energy. This method is aimed to avoid further economic and energy crises. At the same time, it has an...
