O.A. Zhukova. Selected Works on Philosophy and History of Culture – M.: "Soglasie" Publisher – "Artem" Publisher, 2014.

The book presents several works of the author associated with a wide range of problems relevant for Russian philosophy of culture and history. The author considers issues that have become traditional for Russian thinkers and have not lost their significance for contemporary philosophers of culture. The research focuses on the problem of interdependence of religious, artistic and socio-political traditions in cultural history of Russia. It is in direct correlation with the problem of relation between historical process and attempts to mythologize it, reveals contradictions between freedom of a person, which is inalienable in Christian culture, and political practice of the Russian Empire, reveals the opposition of liberalism and conservatism in the history of Russian social thought, addresses the topic of philosophy of creativity which is interpreted in Russian culture as a way of salvation and moral allegiance, reconstructs the image of Russia and Europe represented in national consciousness, defines civilizational, cultural and political identity of Russia, outlines socio-cultural profile of the information society emerging in contemporary Russia.

The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in problems of philosophy of culture, as well as philosophers, cultural specialists, historians, political scientists, art historians specializing in philosophy of Russian culture and history.