Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): Russia’s Directions. The Journal of Russian Social Research and Ethnography

The authors of the issue: Anastasiia Astakhova, Timur Athashev, Zinaida Vasilyeva, Anna Ganzha, Nikolai Gnisiuk, Maksim Zhiganov, Alexander Kalgin, Ivan Kislenko, Natalya Lipkina, Evgeniya Panova, Arthur Pecherskikh, Petr Safronov, Mikhail Sokolov, Andrey Suvorov

Published: 2026-05-27

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Sociology of Science

“Freedom from values is not a tool of scientific research, it is its final point”

Mikhail Sokolov (Author)

9-35
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Venue-author coupling for Russian social sciences: maps and use cases

Arthur Pecherskikh (Author)

33-71
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A small dispute in the big sociology of science

Andrey Suvorov (Author)

72-96
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The social function of science or What John Bernal’s book can teach us today. Essay review of D. D. Bernal’s book “The Social Function of Science” (1938)

Ivan Kislenko (Author)

97-111
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Sociology of universities

Between a sect and a corporation: how university ethos is formed

Alexander Kalgin , Nikolai Gnisiuk , Anastasiia Astakhova (Author)

113-140
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University glossary of local universality: stalactites, stalagmites, stalagnates of social knowledge production

Anna Ganzha , Maksim Zhiganov (Author)

141-166
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Rethinking decentralized academic communication: the PHILAPS seminar

Petr Safronov, Zinaida Vasilyeva, Timur Athashev, Evgeniya Panova, Natalya Lipkina (Author)

167-187
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Reviews

Sennett, R. The conscience of the eye: The design and social life of cities. Translated from English. M., NLO, 2024

Vladimir Misikhin (Author)

189-192
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Kovalskaya E., Ugarov I. Setting the gaze. Mikhail Ugarov on the theatre where they do not act. Lectures, seminars, interviews. Moscow: Individuum, Eksmo. 2025

Timothey Korshunov (Author)

193-197
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): Russia’s Directions. The Journal of Russian Social Research and Ethnography

Full Issue

Sociology of Science

“Freedom from values is not a tool of scientific research, it is its final point”

Venue-author coupling for Russian social sciences: maps and use cases

A small dispute in the big sociology of science

The social function of science or What John Bernal’s book can teach us today. Essay review of D. D. Bernal’s book “The Social Function of Science” (1938)

Sociology of universities

Between a sect and a corporation: how university ethos is formed

University glossary of local universality: stalactites, stalagmites, stalagnates of social knowledge production

Rethinking decentralized academic communication: the PHILAPS seminar

Reviews

Sennett, R. The conscience of the eye: The design and social life of cities. Translated from English. M., NLO, 2024

Kovalskaya E., Ugarov I. Setting the gaze. Mikhail Ugarov on the theatre where they do not act. Lectures, seminars, interviews. Moscow: Individuum, Eksmo. 2025

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