In this final issue of the 2023 volume, we turn our attention to the timely and important topic of feminist philosophy. The term “feminist” encompasses a diverse range of perspectives and approaches, making it crucial to provide a brief explanation of how it is used in this issue. This issue's articles engage with both the philosophical perspectives of women authors and the philosophical inquiries into the experiences and challenges faced by women in society. Hence, the issue opens with an article by Sofia Porfiryeva and Mariia Stenina, which utilizes critical phenomenology to analyze and compare the ethical approaches to nonviolence proposed by Judith Butler and Sara Ahmed. In the next article, Anastasiya Adamova defines the problem of the subject in feminist discourse within the concept of motherhood. The issue then proceeds to explore the works of female philosophers who were once prominent but have since become marginalized in the field, with several articles dedicated to highlighting and analyzing their contributions. The first of these is a study by Yekaterina Kosholap that examines the role of women within the Cadet Party, while the second is an article by Lyubov Bogodelnikova that sheds light on the contributions of M.V. Bezobrazova. Following these are a study by Sofya Nikiforova and Yekaterina Mikheyeva that explores the philosophical ideas of Raya Dunaevskaya, and an article by Olga Levina and Timur Sayev that delves into the contributions of Damaris Cudworth Mash, a key thinker in the history of natural law theory. Finally, the issue concludes with an article by Diana Gasparyan that applies a feminist lens to the philosophical works of M. Bakhtin.
The second section of “Studies” features four articles, the first of which is an analysis by Maiia-Sofiia Zhumatina of Hegel's theory of art in relation to the concept of temporal discursive violence. This is followed by an article by Maksim Miroshnichenko that explores the ethical implications of current developments in biotechnology. The remaining two articles, written by Maxim Gorbachev and Vasily Shangin, focus on topics related to logic, epistemology, and ontology.
The “Translations and Publications” section, a hallmark of our journal, features a transcription and English translation of a previously unpublished manuscript by Hugh of Saint-Cher. Fedor Nekhaenko, the translator and transcriber, also provides a comprehensive introduction that situates Hugh within his historical context and examines the significance of the manuscript for scholarly inquiry. The translation is a critical edition, which means that it includes the original text with manuscript and critical apparatus, alongside the English translation, allowing scholars to engage with the material in a deeper and more nuanced way.
The issue concludes with two insightful book reviews. The first, written by Roman Ustyantsev, evaluates a recent publication by José Luis Villacañas Berlanga on the influential Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. The second, authored by Diana Gasparyan and Aleksandr Kochekovskiy, examines a recently published monograph on Mikhail Bakhtin's work.
Finally, the last section of the issue is a review of the conference panel on liberal theory in the 21st century, held at the “World/Worlds of the Future” conference organized by the School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
