Encyclopedic Projects Research Articles

Lacunas in the Study of Islam in Russia (based on the dictionary “Islam in the Russian Federation”)

This article is devoted to the intermediate results of the project of the series of encyclopedic dictionaries “Islam in the Russian Federation” (at the stage of publication of all regional volumes, but before the release of the consolidated edition). This project, for the first time in the history of Russian Islamic studies, set the goal of covering the entire territory of the country with the research grid. A number of difficulties and problems arose in achieving this goal. One of them was the lack of works on this subject in a number of regions of the country, and even the absence of researchers who would deal with this issue. Since the previous research and encyclopedic projects did not even aim at universal coverage, they could not describe the “white spots” (spatial and temporal lacunas). In addition, one of the reasons for this project was the involvement of about 600 specialists of different profiles, including historians, archaeologists, sociologists, source specialists, ethnologists, numismatists, local historians and others. This multidisciplinarity and the large number of specialists with different points of view created certain difficulties in the work on the project, but they also made it possible to achieve the goal of creating a holistic picture of the history of Islam in Russia. It is only now that it is possible to define and outline these very “white spots” that have been identified and “mapped” in the course of this project.

Stenger, Gerhardt. Le Triomphe des lumières. Perrin, 2024

Résumé: Published in 2024, this book is one among a series of current reappraisals concerning the Enlightenment (Antoine Lilti or Robert Darnton, for instance) to question the impact of the philosophers and authors of the Encyclopédie, their ideas of universalism and how much their novel ideas contributed to the advent of the 1789 French revolution. Gerhardt Stenger offers an elegant and lively portrait of the encyclopedists, their personal and financial situations, and their motives for their participating in the translation of Chambers. He addresses the questions of universalism (and perhaps tenets of decolonization) from the historical frame of the advent of the Enlightenment, as centered on the epic developments and battles of l’Encyclopédie. As well, through Diderot’s alliances, his mails to his mistress, his strategies, we gain an intimate portrait of the man and his emotions regarding his engagement in the encyclopedic project. Stenger’s book is at once intensely scholarly and eminently accessible, in fact a great teaching tool for graduates and undergraduate students alike. Rousseau’s interferences will be at once more shocking, and yet intelligent and reasonable. Stenger discusses carefully selected encyclopedic articles representative of nodal disputes, such as the respective and conception of “citizen” (Diderot versus Rousseau), leading to a citizenship of rights (human rights eventually) as well as duties. For sure you will also laugh at the depiction of Diderot and d’Alembert occasional disputes. Stenger tells us about this adventure in such a way that we perceive what life possibly entailed in terms of writing and publishing, the compulsory homage to religion and power, and as well, how ministers, playwriters, powerful encyclopedic allies and enemies shaped the volumes or simply protected and championed them or failed one way or the other.

John Trevisa’s Information Age: Knowledge and the Pursuit of Literature, c. 1400

John Trevisa’s Information Age: Knowledge and the Pursuit of Literature, c. 1400

Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects, Edited by Linn Holmberg and Maria Simonsen

<i>Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects</i>, Edited by Linn Holmberg and Maria Simonsen

Hegel’s Answer to the Agrippian Trilemma

Abstract In his Encyclopedia, the late Hegel makes the highest demands on truth and justification from the first paragraph onward. With this, Hegel takes up the skeptical challenge and believes that he can overcome this problem. However, it is not easy to see how Hegel tries to meet this challenge in the Science of Logic, which plays a fundamental role in Hegel’s encyclopedic project. The present article argues that the question of the justification of the claim to truth is a fruitful perspective for the interpretation of the Science of Logic. For this purpose Hegel’s answer to the Agrippan Trilemma is examined, which P. Franks analyzed as a basic problem for Classical German Philosophy. One possible interpretation of Hegel sees him solving the skeptical trilemma at the beginning of the Logic. The article argues against this possibility that the Logic of the Concept contains Hegel’s actual solution. This solution consists in (1) that the concept represents the principle of logic and (2) that the concept itself must be presented in the form of an apagogical argument. Finally, the article gives a reason why Hegel sees an analogy to the ontological argument in this attempt of an ultimate justification.

Том “Луганська область” енциклопедичного багатотомника “Історія міст і сіл Української РСР”: особливості підготовки

The paper deals with problems and process of preparation of the “Luhansk Region” volume as part of the unique encyclopedic project “The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR” in 26 volumes. The study is based on the documents of the central Ukrainian archives. The author focuses on the fact that due to the coordinated professional work of the regional executors of the project, the volume was prepared in a very short terms compared with the overwhelming majority of the volumes on other Ukrainian regions. After all, starting from 1967 to 1968 only 5 from the 26 volumes (that were planned according to the “On the publication of the history of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR” Decree of the Central Committee of the Ukr. SSR Communist Party on the May 29, 1962) were published. In addition, the publication of all the volumes had to be devoted to the 50th anniversary of the “Great October” (November, 7, 1967). It is worth emphasizing that initially the Main editorial board of the project did not considered the “Luhansk Region” volume to be among first volumes to be published. However, in the preparatory process, the order and timing of the publication of volumes differed from the planned due to various objective and subjective reasons, and the last book of the Ukrainian-language version of the project, namely the “Crimean Region” volume was published in 1974 only. The author on the example of the Luhansk volume creation has showed the character of that reasons. They were uncovered at the meetings of the “History of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR” Main editorial board and of the “History of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR” department of the Institute of History of the Ukr. SSR Academy of Sciences during discussions on various stages of the volume creation and scientific problems regarding the writing of texts. The positive role of the State Archives of the Luhansk region’s and the regional editorial board’s management in its preparation has been highlighted. The difficulty to create both the introductory article and essays about the settlements of the region was that it was formed from the territories that had been previously parts of other regional entities. Therefore, the authors not only studied a large number of literature, including the pre-revolutionary, but worked a lot in various Ukrainian and Russian archives to collect information. It happened due to the organizational support and promotion of the regional party Committee that seriously attributed to the intensive and successful process of the volume preparation.

Tablični prikazi kao prilozi strukturiranosti enciklopedičkih djela

Enciklopedička djela čine sintezu znanja područja koje obrađuju, nerijetko i ukupnih ljudskih dosega u vremenu u kojem nastaju. Važan dio njihova koncepta čini strukturiranost sadržaja radi lakšega pronalaženja, razumijevanja i korištenja željenom informacijom. Važan element te strukturiranosti mogu činiti unificirani tablični prikazi podataka. ovaj rad istražuje zastupljenost, način organizacije i funkcionalnost tabličnih prikaza u nizu enciklopedičkih djela, a osobito onih za koja je utvrđeno da se koriste tabličnim prikazima kao elementima strukturiranosti. Istraživanje je provedeno na svjetskim enciklopedičkim izdanjima (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Americana, Chambersʼs Encyclopaedia, World Book Encyclopedia, Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, La Grande Encyclopédie, Wikipedija) te projektima hrvatske enciklopedike (Hrvatska enciklopedija, Proleksis enciklopedija i Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija). Sadržajnom analizom enciklopedičkih projekata utvrđeni su zastupljenost i sadržaj tabličnih prikaza te različitosti i sličnosti vrsta tih prikaza i njihova sadržaja. Također, analizirane su funkcionalnosti takva oblika strukturiranoga sadržaja u mrežnim izdanjima nekih projekata. Pokazalo se kako unificirani tablični prikazi koji prate pojedine tipske članke najviše pridonose strukturiranosti enciklopedičkih djela te otvaraju nove mogućnosti za unutarnje i vanjsko povezivanje sadržaja, razvoja ontologija i sl. evolucija tabličnih prikaza u enciklopedičkim izdanjima, od pukih prikaza usustavljenih podataka u tradicionalnim (tiskanim) izdanjima do sastavnica elemenata strukture mrežnih izdanja, otvara nove mogućnosti u razvoju enciklopedike i dovodi do promjena u pristupu izvedbi mrežnih enciklopedičkih projekata.

Kharkiv volume of a multi-volume encyclopedic edition«Collection of monuments of history and culture of Ukraine». History and current state (last quarter XX – beginning of the XXI century)

Research aim is a comprehensive analysis of the state of preparation of the Kharkiv volume of the multi-volume encyclopedic edition "Collection of monuments of history and culture of Ukraine" from the 1980s – early XXI century and its impact on the field of monument science and monument protection. Research methodology. The article examines the formation of the Kharkiv volume of the multi-volume encyclopedic edition "Collection of Monuments of History and Culture of Ukraine" in the context of a nationwide encyclopedic project in terms of the principles of historicism, system, interdisciplinarity, objectivity, analysis and synthesis. Scientific novelty. In the modern normative system of cultural heritage protection, historical and interdisciplinary research, an important part of measures to protect and promote national cultural heritage in Ukraine and the world and a separate subject of study is "Collection of monuments of history and culture of Ukraine" - fundamental, multidisciplinary, encyclopedic, scientific reference publication, which covers all known in its territory immovable monuments - archeology, history, architecture, urban planning, monumental art, science and technology, which have historical, scientific or artistic value. Conclusions. Having analyzed the main normative principles, legal acts, orders and directives, due to which the functioning of the Code was started, both in Ukraine in information on monuments, changes in administrative-territorial structure and socio-political moments, as well as current experience and the state of preparation of the Kharkiv volume of the publication, we can conclude that the project "Collection of monuments of history and culture of Ukraine" is not only a publication that carries a normative and encyclopedic load. The Code is a scientific basis for compiling the State Register of Immovable Objects of Historical and Cultural Heritage, but it differs in that it contains the most studied number of immovable objects of cultural heritage, not only those that are under state protection. This nationwide project is able to improve the historical and local lore movement, intensify the excursion and tourism component of the region, as well as become the basis for the creation of new modern information resources in the field of protection and research of monuments.

Encyclopedia news – 2019

A brief highlight of the main events of encyclopedic life in Ukraine for 2019 is given. First of all, presentations of encyclopedias are covered, as well as current fundamental encyclopedic projects of Ukraine are informed (The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine, The Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia, Wikipedia).

ZUNR (WEST UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC) IN ENCYCLOPAEDIC EDITIONS

The encyclopedic editions that cover the topic of ZUNR are analyzed in this article. The main focus is on the Soviet encyclopedic editions "Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia" and "Soviet Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine" in which the authors covered the history of ZUNR under the crushing Soviet propaganda way. These articles describe the position of the Soviet authorities regarding the history of the ZUNR and the independence of Ukraine. Historical aspects of statehood are revealed, but as destructive and crushing for the Soviet apparatus. The unilateral nature of these articles was characterized as they covered ZUNR policy from a subjective point of view. The tendency of repetition of encyclopedic texts on ZUNR that passed from one Soviet edition to another is revealed. Changes in the emphasis on the study of the history of ZUNR with the restoration of Ukraine's independence have been observed. Significant attention is focused on modern encyclopedic projects, which cover the history of ZUNR and have become a kind of quintessence and business card of all previous scientific work on the subject of ZUNR. Examples in changing the emphasis in ZUNR research by modern researchers are given. The basic conceptual bases of national historiography concerning the history of ZUNR are formulated. In the article, the author emphasizes the position of changing the assessment of the state policy of ZUNR officials to the state policy. Domestic researchers in new encyclopedic editions re-submit ZUNR history and most of the stigmatized spots have been cleaned up and fairly introduced into national encyclopedic editions. The article emphasizes the need to develop new archival data that will become available in the archives of the Catholic University of Rome. Declassification of these materials will make it possible to review articles in encyclopedic editions of already independent Ukraine. Make their own adjustments and add to existing present historical material. The author emphasizes that encyclopedic science is an important field of historical disciplines, because it covers a large amount of material in an accessible abbreviated form. Key words: Western Ukrainian People's Republic 1918–1919, national democratic revolution, «Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia», «Soviet Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine», «Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine», «Western Ukrainian People's Republic 1918–1923. Encyclopedia», Ukrainian Galician Army.

The encyclopedia publishing in the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: history and present

The study describes the academic encyclopedias of Ukraine. The main attention is paid to the peculiarities of the development of the encyclopedia publishing at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: its origins and the most important academic encyclopedias are outlined. The spectrum of encyclopedic projects is analyzed by the scientific branches and the conclusion is drawn about the significant advantage of social sciences and humanities over others in the contex of presenting knowledge in encyclopedic format. Some vision of further development of the encyclopedia publishing in Academy is proposed.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF SOUTHERN UKRAINIAN HISTORIANS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIC CASE (THE SECOND HALF OF THE ХІХ AND EARLY ХХ CENTURIES)

THE CONTRIBUTION OF SOUTHERN UKRAINIAN HISTORIANS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIC CASE (THE SECOND HALF OF THE ХІХ AND EARLY ХХ CENTURIES)

Arte e ideas sobre Naturaleza/ Art and ideas about Nature

El presente ensayo reflexiona acerca de las distintas perspectivas conceptuales de lo que entendemos por Naturaleza y cómo ellas configuran nuestra realidad y nuestros quehaceres colectivos. Esta reflexión parte desde el ámbito artístico para después incorporar aspectos de la ecología política en la dialéctica Humano/Naturaleza, enfatizándo los puntos comunes y las intersecciones que consideramos interesantes. Tomamos tres ejemplos en la historia del arte reciente en donde identificamos las problemáticas conceptuales en torno a la configuración de la idea de lo natural. Primero desarrollaremos aspectos de la intersección entre arte y ciencia en los proyectos enciclopédicos y el impacto de la cartografía como la imagen que encarna dicha intersección. El segundo ejemplo presenta una mirada renovada hacia lo natural con el paisaje entrópico de Robert Smithson. El tercer ejemplo, la obra de Stelarc, reconfigura “Lo Natural” ante el impacto tecnológico de la civilización. Estas referencias nos sirven para ilustrar y desarrollar el debate de las ideas en la contemporaneidad acerca de la construcción cultural de la Naturaleza a través del arte y cómo este debate toma forma y es difundido por canales políticos que comparten o resisten los programas del poder para la permanente configuración de las representaciones del mundo.&#x0D; Abstract&#x0D; This essay reflects on the different conceptual perspectives of what we understand by Nature and how they shape our reality and our collective tasks. This reflection starts from the artistic field and then incorporates aspects of political ecology in the Human / Nature dialectic, emphasizing the common points and the intersections that we consider interesting. We take three examples in the history of recent art where we identify the conceptual problems around the configuration of the idea of ??the natural. First, we will develop aspects of the intersection between art and science in encyclopedic projects and the impact of cartography as the image that embodies this intersection. The second example presents a renewed look towards the natural with the entropic landscape of Robert Smithson. The third example, the artwork of Stelarc, reconfigures the Natural before the technological impact of human development. These references serve to illustrate and develop the debate of contemporary ideas about the cultural construction of Nature through art and how this debate takes shape and is disseminated through political channels that share or resist the programs of power for the permanent configuration of the representations of the world.&#x0D;

Encyklopedismus J. H. Alsteda jako jedna z inspirací Komenského pansofismu?

The paper aims to introduce the encyclopaedic project presented by the reformed philosopher and theologian Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588–1638) and study it as one of the possible sources of the pansophism of the Czech philosopher, theologian and educational reformer Jan Amos Comenius (1592–1670). For this reason, the author first briefly describes the genesis, development and structure of Alsted’s encyclopaedic work with a special focus on his mature and monumental Encyclopaedia septem tomis distincta (1630). The crucial part of the paper is devoted to comparing Alsted’s and Comenius’s conceptions of metaphysics, physics (or philosophy of nature) and other important fields of their shared interest. The author concludes that Comenius was undoubtedly influenced by Alsted in structural and terminological matters; furthermore, that both Alsted and Comenius inclined to base their philosophy of nature on so-called Mosaic physics and tended to understand metaphysics as a primary science not only in view of its dignity, but also with regard to its place in the system of sciences and in the curriculum.

Pour une esthétique herméneutique. Du Dictionnaire historique et critique de Bayle à l’Encyclopédie

This paper explores tensions at work in the great 18th-century Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert between, on the one hand, the need for abridgement and summary in order to manage the early modern abundance of knowledge; and, on the other, the critical spirit of copious polyphony that animates the encyclopaedic project. These tensions are the legacy of the dictionary conflicts of the late 17th century, but are also very much at work in the digital age. In the Encyclopédie they lead to the elaboration of a new interactive aesthetic that we have designated “hermeneutical aesthetics”. With the help of computational approaches developed in the digital humanities, the paper analyses the fragile equilibrium between abundance and criticism that the encyclopédistes sought to establish and maintain with varying degrees of success. Once uncovered, it becomes clear that the playful instability at the core of this aesthetic underscores the relevance of the Encyclopédie in dealing with the digital abundance of our own age.

Review: Barbara Cassin (ed.), Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon

The Dictionary of Untranslables: A Philosophical Lexicon, a translation of Vocabulaire européen des philosophies (2004), is an invaluable resource for researchers in philosophy and the humanities more generally. Gathering together the work of over 150 philosophers, this encyclopaedic project focuses on a series of philosophical terms that prove difficult to translate, disclosing their historical and linguistic intricacies. This review aims to provide a succinct analysis of its structure and rationale. It is suggested that a gap exists between the framing of the Dictionary in relation to a critical European cultural politics and the kind of philosophy it performs – a highly erudite contribution to both the history of philosophy and to philology. It is further argued that this does not get simpler with the edition of this book into English and the potential ‘globalization’ of its scope.

&lt;b&gt;Mosaicos enciclopédicos: Neurath e d’Alembert sobre ciência e demarcação

This paper compares the encyclopedic projects of Neurath and of d’Alembert as to the concept of science that is adopted, and to the way science is distinguis...

Participation of Odesa historians in encyclopedic projects of the late 19th century – 20s of the 20th century

The aim of the article is to highlight the participation of historians in encyclopedic projects of Odesa of the late 19th – 20s years of the 20th century, published in Russia, Ukraine, USA. In particular, the activities of historians V. Krusman, F. Uspensky, O. Markewycz and others are revealed. Some projects were not realized.

Leibniz, the Encyclopedia, and the Natural Order of Thinking

This article investigates some of the didactic aspects of Leibniz’s encyclopedic project by asking how it could contribute to the development of a new intellectual ethos. Most commentators acknowledge that the encyclopedia was intimately linked to educational concerns. But they do not take sufficiently into account the implications this has for the concrete exposition of the encyclopedia, but subordinate the didactic aspect to the demonstrative one. I argue how the encyclopedic order was not just demonstrative, but also conceived so as to facilitate learning and stimulate further research by helping intellectuals acquire good scientific habits.

Neohumanistic vision of "Human of Faith" within the limits of certificate graphic bioarts (on the example of Augustine Hyppon)

The complex of modern sociological and religious studies approaches to the analysis of religious practices in post-sectarian societies makes it possible, among other things, to characterize their biographical aspects. First of all, it is about the ways and means of displaying the "Man of Faith" in the various reference journals, which are traditionally widely represented in secular literature, and have recently become increasingly popular among denominational publications and resources. The latter promotes both the "mature" of the domestic theological centers (and thus the ability to implement significant encyclopedic projects) and the more open intensive work of religious organizations (which entails the need for a variety of popular editions, including personalities). But the landmark change, which radically changed the state of affairs, setting new trends and putting forward fundamentally different goals, was the emergence of new information technologies and their adaptation and use to accumulate and disseminate information about beliefs and their leaders. The most important feature of these newest electronic resources in comparison with the traditional (according to VI Popik) is their potential ability to objectively integrate the information accumulated previously by society in all its diversity, to organically absorb the inheritance of the manuscript and print culture of the past