Talk:Mikhail Epstein

Bibliography

I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. Feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 04:30, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

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41% of the text in this article is written by one of his colleagues it appears. Here are some of the edits of concern.[1] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 12:01, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Epstein's works

The following section (and more) was removed as "unreferenced":

==American period. Major Projects and Evolution of Interests== In the 1990s, Epstein dealt with issues of postmodernism and the emergence of a new, future–oriented cultural formation coming to take its place under the name of "proto–", or "proteism." ("After the Future: The Paradoxes of Postmodernism and Contemporary Russian Culture", 1995; "Russian Postmodernism: New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture", with Alexander Genis and Slobodanka Vladiv- Glover, 1999; revised and expanded edition in 2016). At the same time, Epstein was drawn to the interdisciplinary approach involving the juxtaposition and interplay of different cultures, particularly Russian and American culture which helped him formulate the concept of transculre and [[transculturalism]] in its distinction from "melting pot" and multiculturalism models ("Transcultural Experiments...", 1999). His interests gradually migrated toward the field of philosophy and metaphysics, especially modality theory ("Filosofiia vozmozhnogo" [The Philosophy of the Possible], 2001), as well as modern theology, with a focus on researching the spiritual condition of a post-atheist society ("Religiia posle ateizma. Novye vozmozhnosti teologii [Religion After Atheism: New Opportunities for Theology], 2013). In the 2000s, Epstein also began to be interested in [[linguistics]] and its transformative potential — how it can influence the development of language and broaden its lexical-morphological system (Dar slova. Proektivnyi leksikon russkogo iazyka [The Gift of the Word: A Projective Lexicon of the Russian Language], 2000–16). He invented the term [[protologism]] and published several dictionaries of his own protologisms, introducing the metalinguistic genre that he calls ''redictionary''. In the 2000s and 2010s, Epstein have become increasingly concerned with the fate of the [[humanities]] as a whole and the potential for developing humanities-based practices and technologies capable of influencing the life of society. This is the subject of the books "Znak probela. O budushchem gumanitarnykh nauk" (Mapping Blank Spaces: On the Future of the Humanities, 2004), "The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto" (2012), and "Ot znaniia — k tvorchestvu. Kak gumanitarnye nauki mogut izmeniat’ mir" (From Knowledge to Creativity: How the Humanities Can Change the World, 2016).

That is clearly false, as the text is an (annotated) list of the author's works:

• "After the Future: The Paradoxes of Postmodernism and Contemporary Russian Culture", 1995
• "Russian Postmodernism: New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture", with Alexander Genis and Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover, 1999; revised and expanded edition in 2016)
• "Transcultural Experiments...", 1999
• "Filosofiia vozmozhnogo" [The Philosophy of the Possible], 2001
• "Religiia posle ateizma. Novye vozmozhnosti teologii [Religion After Atheism: New Opportunities for Theology], 2013)
• The Gift of the Word: A Projective Lexicon of the Russian Language], 2000–16
• Znak probela O budushchem gumanitarnykh nauk" (Mapping Blank Spaces: On the Future of the Humanities, 2004
• "The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto" (2012)
• "Ot znaniia — k tvorchestvu. Kak gumanitarnye nauki mogut izmeniat’ mir" (From Knowledge to Creativity: How the Humanities Can Change the World, 2016)

We generally don't require third-party references for such lists, which are effectively their own references, and the removal of such content is harmful, so I have reverted the edit that removed it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:50, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

It is also a copyright infringement. Please do not restored copyright problems again.

Other issues include that it is original research. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:05, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Flagging for copy edit

Hello, I did a brief copy edit run through this article. I removed the following claim because it was sourced only to something the subject himself wrote:

• "Mikhail Epstein has coined a number of new concepts and terms (in English and in Russian) that now circulate on tens of thousands of websites in various branches of the humanities."

If the author "coined a number of new concepts" in this book, and if they now circulate on tens of thousands of websites, this source is a primary source for the first claim, but probably doesn't support the second. Without an independent, secondary source supporting the first claim, it seems like original research. Without reading the source, I can only guess that at best, the book may have been reprinted with analysis provided by an independent source. Since no page numbers are indicated, one can only guess, but not be assured that this claim is backed up by a reliable source.Curdigirl (talk) 08:50, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Books in Russian

I removed them for now:

• Budushchee gumanitarnykh nauk: Tekhnogumanizm, kreatorika, erotologiia, elektronnaia filologiia i drugie nauki XXI veka. (The Future of the Humanities: Technohumanism, Creatorics, Erotology, Digital Philology and Other Disciplines of the XXI c.). Moscow: Ripol–klassik, 2019, 240 pp. ISBN 978-5-386-12485-4
• Proektivnyi slovar' gumanitarnykh nauk (The Projective Dictionary of Humanistic Disciplines) (the author of all 440 entries in 14 thematic rubrics). Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2017, 616 pp. ISBN 978-5-4448-0632-6 ASIN B06Y6933V5
• Liubov' (Love). Moscow: Ripol Klassik, the series "Philosophy of Life," 2018, 568 pp. ISBN 978-5-386-10735-2
• Ot znania k tvorchestvu. Kak gumanitarnye nauki mogut izmeniat' mir (From Knowledge to Creativity: How the Humanities Can Change the World). Moscow–S.–Petersburg, izd. Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ (series Humanitas), 2016, 480 pp. ISBN 978-5-98712-601-1
• Poeziia i sverkhpoeziia: O mnogoobrazii tvorcheskikh mirov (Poetry and Superpoetry: On the Variety of Creative Worlds). S.–Petersburg: Azbuka (a volume in the series Cultural Code), 2016, 478 pp. ISBN 978-5-389-12825-5 ASIN B06WGRLC3L
• Ironia Ideala. Paradoksy russkoi literatury. (The Irony of the Ideal: Paradoxes of Russian Literature). Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2015, 384 pp. ISBN 978-5-4448-0254-0 ASIN B00UX9YVWQ
• Religia posle ateizma: Novye vozmozhnosti teologii (Religion after Atheism: New Possibilities for Theology). Moscow: AST-Press, 2013, 415 pp. ISBN 978-5-462-01429-1
• Slovo i molchanie. Metafizika russkoi literatury (Word and Silence: The Metaphysics of Russian Literature). Moscow: Vysshaia shkola, 2006, 550 pp.
• Filosofiia tela (Philosophy of the Body). St.-Petersburg: Aleteia, 2006, 194 pp.
• Znak probela: O budushchem gumanitarnykh nauk (Mapping Blank Spaces: On the Future of the Humanities). Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2004, 864 pp.
• Proektivnyi filosofskii slovar'. Novye terminy i poniatiia (A Projective Philosophical Dictionary. New Terms and Concepts). St.-Petersburg: Aleteia, 2003, 512 pp. (coeditor with G. L. Tulchinsky and the author of the Preface and of 90 entries out of overall 165).
• Filosofiia vozmozhnogo. Modal'nosti v myshlenii i kul'ture (The Philosophy of the Possible: The Modalities in Thought and Culture). St.-Petersburg: Aleteia, 2001, 334 pp.
• Postmodern v Rossii: literatura i teoriia (The Postmodern in Russia: Literature and Theory). Moscow: LIA Elinina, 2000, 370 pp. Moscow: Vysshaia shkola, 2005, 495 pp.
• Vera i obraz. Religioznoe bessoznatel'noe v russkoi kul'ture XX veka (Faith and Image: The Religious Unconscious in Twentieth Century Russian Culture), Tenafly (New Jersey): Hermitage Publishers, 1994, 270 pp.
• 'Priroda, mir, tainik vselennoi. . .' Sistema peizazhnykh obrazov v russkoi poezii ('Nature, the World, the Mystery of the Universe...': The System of Landscape Images in Russian Poetry). Moscow: Vysshaia Shkola [the central university press of Russia], 1990, 304 pp. Samara: Bakhrakh-M, 2007, 352 pp.
• Paradoksy novizny. O literaturnom razvitii XIX-XX vekov (The Paradoxes of Innovation: On the Development of Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries). Moscow: Sovetskii Pisatel', 1988, 4l6 pp.
• Entsiklopedia iunosti (Encyclopedia of Youth), with Sergei Iourienen. Moscow: Eksmo, 2017, 590 pp. ISBN 978-5-699-99091-7
• Ot sovka k bobku. Politika na grani groteska (From Homo Soveticus to Dostoevsky's Bobok Character. Politics on the Edge of Grotesque). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Kiev. Dukh i Litera, 2016, 312 pp. ISBN 978-966-378-450-2
• Prosto proza (Just the Prose). New York: FrancTireurUSA, 2016, 194 pp.
• Kleikie listochki: Mysli vrazbros i vopreki. (Leaves in Bud: Scattered Untimely Reflections). Moscow: ArsisBooks, 2014, 266 pp. ASIN B01BNNXU04
• Ottsovstvo: Roman–dnevnik. Fatherhood: A Novel–Diary. Moscow, Nikea, 2014, 320 pp. (3rd revised edition). Previous editions: Ottsovstvo (An Essay), Tenafly (New Jersey): Hermitage Publishers, 1992, 160 pp.; Ottsovstvo. Metafizicheskii dnevnik (Fatherhood. A Metaphysical Journal); 2nd revised edition, St.-Petersburg: Aletheia, 2003, 248 pp.
• Sola Amore: Liubov' v piati izmereniiakh (Solo Amore: Love in Five Dimensions). Moscow: Eksmo, 2011, 492 pp.
• Katalog (Catalogue), with Ilya Kabakov. Vologda: Library of Moscow Conceptualism published by German Titov, 2010, 344 pp.
• Vse esse, v 2 tt., t. 1. V Rossii, 1970-e – 1980-e; t. 2. Iz Ameriki, 1990-e-2000-e (All Essays, or All is Essay), in 2 volumes: vol. 1. In Russia, 1970s–1980s; vol. 2. From America, 1990s–2000s. Ekaterinburg: U-Faktoriia, 2005, 544 pp. + 704 pp.
• Bog detalei. Narodnaia dusha i chastnaia zhizn' v Rossii na iskhode imperii (A Deity of Details: The Public Soul and Private Life at the Twilight of the Russian Empire). New York: Slovo/Word, 1997, 248 pp. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Moscow: LIA Elinina, 1998, 240 pp.
• Na granitsakh kul'tur. Rossiiskoe – amerikanskoe – sovetskoe (On the Borders of Cultures: Russian – American – Soviet). New York, Slovo/Word, 1995, 343 pp.
• Novoe sektantstvo: tipy religiozno-filosofskikh umonastroenii v Rossii, 1970-80-e gody (New Sectarianism: The Varieties of Religious-Philosophical Consciousness in Russia, the 1970s–1980s). 3rd revised and expanded edition. Samara: Bakhrakh-M, 2005, 255 pp. ISBN 5-94648-039-1
• Velikaia Sov'. Filosofsko-mifologicheskii ocherk (Great Sov'. A Philosophical-Mythological Essay). New York: Word/Slovo, 1994, 175 pp.
• Novoe v klassike. Derzhavin, Pushkin, Blok v sovremennom vospriiatii (The Classics Renovated: Derzhavin, Pushkin, and Blok in Contemporary Perception). Moscow: Znanie, 1982, 40 pp.

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