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Re: An unforeseen 5th volume has appeared



Hello:

Not me, I'm afraid.  Try the University of Washington's philosophy department or, better yet, the university's library.

Fritz Levy


On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Thornton's Bookshop wrote:

> May we intrude and ask you to be so kind and check if we ever supplied
> the 4 volumes of the following work. Or perhaps pass this message to
> your philosophy department if this exists at your end.
> 
> Initially 4 volumes were planned and we supplied all of these to our
> library clients and then filed all orders.
> 
> We have now received a fifth volume which was not planned initially, but
> we no longer have the records of those who received the volumes 1 - 4.
> 
> If required please confirm your order for this 5th volume.
> 
> Thank you.
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>  LAZARI, A. DE (Ed.). Ideas in Russia. 1999-2003 This lexicons first 4
> volumes contain approximately 700 articles. It aims to supplement
> existing encyclopaedias and dictionaries giving freshly considered
> information on the broad concepts of Russian theological, philosophical,
> social and political thought from the Middle Ages to the present.
> Another objective is to deepen understanding concerning Russian
> mentality and culture, the fulfilling of the gap which has arisen on the
> one hand due to the years of Soviet rule, and on the other the limited,
> or rather selective interest on the part of the West in Russian culture,
> as well as the tendency to employ ready-made formulations and schemes.
> The plural ideas used in the title expresses the planned openness of the
> lexicon to the whole diversity of the Russian tradition of thought,
> noticeably richer than the current stereotype, in terms which sees a
> single Russian idea. The term in Russia refers to a cultural rather than
> a political-territorial concept; it concerns ideas which arose not only
> in the culture of Rus or Russia but also developed in the minds of
> Russians when they were formulated in areas not belonging to Russia or
> through emigration. The lexicon is trilingual, containing a Russian,
> Polish and English version of the article, and arranged on the basis of
> the Russian alphabet.
> Volume 5: GBP 35.00
> 
> the set of 5 volumes GBP 165.00
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