2003. vol. 3. No. 2

Alfred Schutz’s classical paper discusses the problem of multiple finite province of meaning or realities faced by people in their life-world. According to Schutz, the supreme reality is the world of everyday life, from which we enter into, and to which we return from, other provinces: world of dreams, world of theatrical play, world of literary work, world of phantasms, world of scientific theorizing. Each of these worlds has different cognitive style, which consists of six elements: a specific tension of consciousness, a specific epoché, a prevalent form of spontaneity, a specific form of experiencing one’s self, a specific form of sociality, a specific time-perspective. Each of the worlds is constituted with a particular attitude of consciousness, and the transition between them is experienced as a shock. Through detailed analysis of the meaning structure of the world of everyday life, world of fantasy, dream world and the world of scientific theory, Schutz shows that phenomenological attitude reveals the mechanisms underlying the constitutive processes of perception of the world.

This paper analyzes the features of “Russia in global policy” journal. The term “globalization” is the central concept, which is considered in the frames of this journal. Moreover, the problem of self-determination of Russia is a very serious & essential problem too. It is a hard question, how Russia should integrate into global economic system. All of these questions are not only constituted in this journal, but also they undergo interdisciplinary analysis.

This paper describes the main features of modern philosophy of labor, which were mentioned in this works of Georges Bataille, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Derrida etc. They are based on the teaching of Hegel & Marx about labor so that determine the essence of labor per se. Finally, they build the ontology and axiology of labor in attempt to determine, what meaning modern concept of labor has for the development of all human civilization.