Abstract The book provides a concise overview of the history of the ancient and medieval Algeria, its conquest by the Ottoman Empire and later by France. It describes different stages of the country’s evolution as an independent state, with a focus on the civil war of 1992-1999 and the causes of the Algerian leaders’ negative attitude towards the “Arab Spring”. The work is meant for those interested in political sciences, history and especially oriental studies, as well as general readers willing to know more about the events happening in the North Africa. Imprint M.F. Vidyasova, V.V. Orlov. Algeria at a…

Abstract The work focuses on the conceptualization logic explaining the interior mechanism of consciousness and the culture unwrapped in the systems. It suggests the understanding of the consciousness’ activity as an epistemic chain, that is a provisional build-up line of cognitive actions’ complexity connected with the initial intuition of the subject-predicate agglutination and equipped withleast three significant levels: sensory perception, conventional speech and theoretical reasoning, including formal argumentation. It contains an explanation of initial intuitions for the substantial conceptualization logic unwrapped in the context of the European culture and the processual logic unwrapped in the context of the Arab Muslim…

The constitutional system of the Islamic Republic of Iran The book of the famous Iranian political expert Amir Sadeghi Neshat contains a theoretical description of the political order of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The author presents a concise characteristics of the foundational principles of the new model of an Islamic state based on the “velayat-e fakih” principle. A. Sadeghi Neshat analyses the main components of Iran’s constitutional system and demonstrates that it represents a rule-of-law state with the separation of powers and all major institutions of representative and competitive democracy. At the same time, he emphasizes its unique character…

Abstract This study guide is devoted to the correlation of two major categories of the medieval Islamic philosophy: the absolute and the truth. Although these terms are interpreted differently in different Islamic schools and movements, what is meant is the single universal foundation of creation and the genuineness of its manifestations. In order to avoid specialized theological arguments, the authors replaced such words as “God”, “Allah”, “Lord”, “Almighty” with their philosophic equivalent, that is “the Absolute”. The books presents the main ideas of Mu’tazilism, falsafa, ishrakism, Ismailism of the classical period in a chronological order. The book was prepared in…

Imprint The work by Seyed Abu’l-Qasem Husseini, a well-known contemporary Iranian writer, scholar, translator and poet, is devoted to the typology of the Qur’anic stories in the context of the historical reality. The purpose of the research is to determine to what extend the Qur’anic stories refer to the historical reality and what is the role of symbolic and mythological elements in these stories. The book was prepared in the context of the cooperation between the International Centre for Islamic Research of the RAS Anthropology and Ethnography Museum and the Islamic Culture Research Foundation (Moscow). Imprint Seyed Abu’l-Qasem Husseini (Jarfa).…

Abstract This collection contains the articles of Russian and Iranian authors devoted to different aspects of the Islamic revolution and the development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The focus is placed on the ideological justification of a new Islamic state model based on the “velayet-e fakih” principle and its practical implementation. The work presents an analysis of the results of social, political, economic and cultural development of Iran, its major concepts of foreign policy and the evolution of the Russian-Iranian relationships. The work also suggests possible scenarios for the development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This collection of…

Abstract The questions raised in the work shed light on the music in Islam through the example of Iranian traditions. The authors from Iran, Germany, France, Uzbekistan and Russia reveal the phenomenon of “Islamic music”, demonstrating its social, legal, theological, aesthetic, historical, theoretical, ethnographic, practical and esoteric aspects. The readers will have the opportunity to get familiar with the translations of the works written by contemporary Iranian and European scholars and to assess the results of their academic research. The collection’s structure and article comments ensure its unity, highlighting the uniqueness of the Iranian music, revealing similarities in the issues…

Abstract The work represents a commented translation from Arabic and a research on one of the most interesting and complex works of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali(450/1058–59 – 505/1111), a prominent medieval Muslim thinker. In this work Al-Ghazali attempts to Islamize the ancient logic. Drawing on the Aristotelian syllogistic, he disputes with Ismailian theologists. This work of the medieval thinker will be useful for everyone interested in the history of Islamic theology and Eastern philosophy. Imprint Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid. The correct balance (al-Qistas al-mustaqim) / introduction, translation and comments by V.V. Naumkin; RAS Institute of Oriental Studies. – 2nd edition, revised. –…