Department of Philosophy

Focus of research:

The Department is primarily focused on monitoring and analyzing contemporary philosophical, religious, and cultural theories that shape the intellectual milieu in Russia and the West. The study of socio-humanitarian thought development trends is incomplete without accounting for the influence of classical heritage, which is being examined. Engaging in research and scientific analysis, the Department concentrates on contemporary philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture, social and political philosophy, interfaith dialogue, posthumanism, current philosophical issues in science, bioethics, among others.

Researchers:

• Sergey V. MELNIK, Dr.Sc (Philosophy), Head of the Department, senior researcher. Specialist in the field of interreligious dialogue.
• Yury A. KIMELEV, Dr.Sc (Philosophy), chief researcher. Specialist in ontology, metaphysics, philosophical theology.
• Sergey V. GLUKHOV, junior researcher. Specialist in cultural anthropology, religious studies.
• Sergey A. GORYUNOV, researcher. Specialist in history of censorship, religious studies.
• Ekaterina S. GRIGORIEVA, junior researcher. Specialist in French philosophy of the 20th century, Soviet philosophy, modern art.
• Anastasia I. KRIMAN, PhD in Philosophy, researcher. Specialist in posthumanism, social anthropology.
• Vyacheslav A. KOSTYLEV, senior editor. Specialist in religious studies.
• Oleg V. LETOV, PhD in Philosophy, senior researcher. Specialist in ethics, methodology of science.
• Boris V. MEZHUYEV, PhD in Philosophy, senior researcher. Specialist in history of Russian and European conservatism, Russian philosophy, political philosophy, international relations.
• Zhanna V. MILOVAC, PhD in Philosophy, researcher. Specialist in philosophy of art, choreography.
• Svetlana V. POGORELSKAYA, PhD in Political Sciences, PhD (University of Bonn), senior researcher. Specialist in world politics and international relations, foreign and domestic policy of Germany.
• Yuri V. PUSHCHAEV, PhD in Philosophy, senior researcher. Specialist in Research interests: history of Russian philosophy, philosophy of the Soviet era, history of conservatism, history of religious thought.
• Irina M. TSIBIZOVA, PhD in History, researcher. Specialist in history of philosophy, philosophy of religion and theology.

Latest major publications:

Books

• Kimelev Yu.A. (2021) Western political philosophy at the end of the XX – beginning of the XXI century (analytical review). Moscow: INION. 100 p. (in Russian)
• Letov O. V. (2023) Ethical principles and modern development of biomedicine (analytical review). Moscow: INION. 67 p. (in Russian)
• Melnik S.V. (2022) Interreligious dialogue: typologization, methodology, forms of implementation. Moscow: INION. 398 p. (in Russian)

Articles

• Kimelev, Yu.A. (2023). Philosophical Anthropology. Current status. Human Being: Image and Essence. Humanitarian Aspects, 4, 11-27. (in Russian)
• Kriman, A.I. (2023). Posthumanism and Contemporary Art: Reassembling the Anthropocentric Discourse in the Visual Space. Nauka Televideniya—The Art and Science of Television, 19 (3), 21–41. (in Russian)
• Letov, O.V. (2023) New trends in modern Western methodology of science: A. Pickering (analytical review). Philosophy of Science and Technology, vol. 28, no. 2, 142–155. (in Russian)
• Melnik, S.V. (2020). Types of Interreligious Dialogue. Journal of Interreligious Studies, 31, 48–72.
• Tsibizova, I.M. (2024) On the Advantage of the Physics’ and Lyrics’ Cooperation: Usage of the Exact and Natural Sciences’ Conceptions in Social and Humanitarian Knowledge. RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 28(2), 558–574. (in Russian)

The Department of Philosophy publishes the information-analytical journal “The social sciences and humanities. Domestic and foreign literature. Series 3, Philosophy”. The Department regularly carries out editorial preparation of issues of the journal “Human Being: Image and Essence. Humanitarian Aspects” devoted to philosophical topics. In addition to periodicals, the Department prepares monographs and analytical reviews.

The Department hosts regular scientific seminars (“Religion and Culture,” “Philosophy of Art”) and public lecture series on religious studies (“Re-ligare”).