Death and Spirit in Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature by Brigita Gelžinytė

“…By considering the dialectics of natural life and the significance of death of the individual for the emergence of spirit in nature, it is argued that spirit, in the Hegelian perspective of speculative thinking, does not emerge from nature as its otherness, as „a more beautiful nature“ that has overcome death. …”
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Many Faces of Culture in the Modern World by G.K. Gizatova, O.G. Ivanova

“…The paper proves that distinguishing of two aspects (ethnic and national, on the one hand; mass and elite, on the other one) makes it possible to reveal the dialectically ambivalent nature of modern culture. Special attention is paid to the ratio of mass and national cultures. …”
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