Influence of Bilinguism on Socio-Cognitive Personality Development by I. V. Sokolova

“…Experimental research conducted in the recent years has broken the myth of negative influence of childhood bilinguism. …”
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Encyclical Laudato si’ on the Question of Progress by Witold Kania

“…The latter are expressed in terms that have a fundamental significance to the encyclical, such as, “irrational faith in progress” and “the myth of unlimited material progress”. In order to gain a clearer understanding of those terms, the author begins with outlining the history of the idea of progress and the philosophical criterion for its assessment. …”
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The End of the Old France. <i>Book Review of ‘From Triumph to Disaster: Political and Military Defeat of France in 1940 and Its Origins’ by A.A. Vershinin and N.N. Naumova</i> by V. Sergienko-Soler

“…Naumova provide an exceptionally detailed picture of the main political, social, military, cultural and ideological reasons that provoked the defeat of the French army. The authors debunk the popular myth that this defeat allegedly resulted from a shortage of military equipment. …”
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Kosovo and Metohija or the European Union ‒ a rhetorical dilemma in the Serbian political discourse by Ksenija Marković, Marko Jovanović, Branka Matijević

“…As the loss of Kosovo has been de facto re-inflicted in recent years, the question should be raised as to how great an influence the Kosovo myth wields today. It is particularly interesting to consider the issue in the context of European integration and the fact that recognition of Kosovo and Metohija’s self-proclaimed independence is usually stated as an essential condition and a key obstacle to Serbia’s accession to the EU. …”
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La sculpture sur le bout des doigts. Retour sur l’élaboration d’une salle pédagogique et tactile au musée Bourdelle by Colin Lemoine, Amélie Simier

“…The article with two authors will explain the birth and audience of this project.…”
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The Role of Education in Achieving the Right for Decent Human Life by A. G. Kislov, Y. M. Kropaneva

“…Education leads to demy- thologizing and rejecting the ideological aspect of the above human right idea, the latter being the necessary complex universal multifunctional instrument for social self- development, rather then a judicial phenomenon. The authors made an attempt to reconcile the pathos of the human right adherents and the skeptics reducing the idea to the declarative unverifiable myth or ideology. …”
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CAPITAL WITHOUT STATEHOOD: EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN STARAYA LADOGA, KASIMOV AND MYSHKIN by I. Y. Okunev, D. V. Basova

“…There are three cases - of Staraya Ladoga, Myshkin and Kasimov - which interpret differently the peculiarities of geographical space. Besides, the authors give illustrative examples of the construction of the myth about "stolichnost" and describe the instruments of symbolic politics.…”
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TYPOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHICAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODELS (TO THE PROBLEM OF VALUE IDENTIFICATIONS OF UKRAINIANS) by V. V. Mudrakov, O. S. Polishchuk

“…Theoretical basis. The authors cover (O. Polishchuk – Thesis I; V. Mudrakov – Thesis II) peculiarities of such models in the process of creation of "the new types of a person". …”
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An Inconvenient Past of World War II in the Historical Policy of the Republic of Croatia by A. M. Ponamareva

“…Within this theoretical framework, the author attempts to conceptualize the events of World War II as a special ‘stigma’ of Croatia. …”
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Living With Lovebugs by Norman C. Leppla

“…Leppla, describes this seasonally abundant nuisance pests also known as March flies, double-headed bugs, honeymoon flies, united bugs, ... and some expletives that are not repeatable. The author discusses several myths about these much-maligned creatures and describes some of the benefits they provide as well as tips for coping with them. …”
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Living With Lovebugs by Norman C. Leppla

“…Leppla, describes this seasonally abundant nuisance pests also known as March flies, double-headed bugs, honeymoon flies, united bugs, ... and some expletives that are not repeatable. The author discusses several myths about these much-maligned creatures and describes some of the benefits they provide as well as tips for coping with them. …”
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Néotène, Hybrides et Chimères by Marika Moisseeff

“…It is from this perspective that the author explores one such account, Les fables de l’Humpur, which chronicles the end of humanity following a rebellion of the chimeras produced to relieve “true” or “pure” humans from thankless drudgery.…”
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Os males do Brasil são: a doença como elemento distintivo da condição de ser brasileiro by Ermelinda Maria Araújo Ferreira

“…From there, it was intended to make an analysis of the construction and deconstruction of Brazilian identity myths as Jeca Tatu and Macunaíma, analyzing their background in Portuguese literary imagination and its impact on modern Brazilian literature.…”
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The Anti-Hitler Coalition: From Enmity to Military Alliance — A Formula for Success by A. Yu. Borisov

“…They try to revive certain political myths, which have been debunked long ago, that the Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany bear equal responsibility for the outbreak of World War II, that the Red Army did not liberate Eastern Europe but ‘occupied’ it. …”
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Official and Public Dialogue in Lithuania-Russia Relationships: in Search of Communicative Solutions by N. A. Ivanova

“…Besides, the obstacles to a constructive dialogue are revealed. Author gives recommendations on the most effective alternative platforms and “displays”…”
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Images of the Pleiades of the Turkic and Mongolic Peoples by Marina M. Sodnompilova, Bair Z. Nanzatov

“…Unique images of the Pleiades in the ideas of the Turkic-Mongolian peoples arose in the process of interaction of different languages ​​and cultures, understanding and interpretation of different versions of the names of the Pleiades, integration of disparate plot-forming elements in myths, fairy tales, legends. …”
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« Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics » Social Comedy, Nostalgia and a World of Fantasy (Wilde and Hofmannsthal) by Anne-Isabelle François

“…What the public is made to witness is perhaps only a graceful though extremely attractive ballet of ghosts and masks, long lost, but still striking a most powerful chord—one of the reasons for the plays’ enduring success : they appeal to modern audiences’ fantasy and work, paradoxically, as founding myths of the Ideal Victorian or Austro-Hungarian aristocratic society.…”
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The Role of Diasporas in the Current World Politics by I. D. Loshkariov

“…The author's intention is to access the impact that diasporas have on world politics. …”
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Transformations of the Food Practices in Modern Russia: the Institutional and Discursive Determinants by N. N. Zarubina

“…The author analyzes the transformation of the Russian food practices and reveals their discursive and institutional determinants. …”
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