About the book: 2004 / The book contains the works of recent years by the modern Russian historian and political scientist Yuri Pivovarov. They are dedicated to the history of Russian thought, the Russian state, and Russian culture. The volume also contains a “political-anthropological” essay about the German philosopher Carl Schmitt and an essay in memory of Professor N.N. Razumovich. The series was founded in 1998. Leading specialists from the Center for Humanitarian Scientific Information Research of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, the Institute of World History, and the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the preparation of the series.