Либеральный лексикон

V knige rassmatryvai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ neskolʹko vazhnykh dli︠a︡ liberalʹnogo diskursa i︠a︡zykovykh vyrazheniĭ: prava cheloveka, svoboda, tolerantnostʹ, pli︠u︡ralizm, chastnai︠a︡ sobstvennostʹ i privatizat︠s︡ii︠a︡, demokratii︠a︡, spravedlivostʹ. Opisyvai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ ikh znachenie, bytovanie v i︠a︡zyke, assot︠s︡iativnyĭ potent︠s︡ial, ėvoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡ otnoshenii︠a︡ k nim nositeleĭ i︠a︡zyka. Kazhdoe iz ėtikh vyrazheniĭ imeet svoi︠u︡ istorii︠u︡, oni v raznoe vremi︠a︡ i raznymi puti︠a︡mi vkhodili v i︠a︡zyk, ikh znachenie i otnoshenie k nim meni︠a︡losʹ s techeniem vremeni. Da i seĭchas raznye li︠u︡di ponimai︠u︡t ėti slova po-raznomu. Pri ėtom vzaimoponimanie, vozmozhnostʹ osmyslennogo konstruktivnogo dialoga v znachitelʹnoĭ stepeni opredeli︠a︡etsi︠a︡ i︠a︡snostʹi︠u︡ ispolʹzuemykh i︠a︡zykovykh vyrazheniĭ, po kraĭneĭ mere -- kli︠u︡chevykh dli︠a︡ dannogo tipa diskursa. Kniga rasschitana na shirokiĭ krug chitateleĭ, interesui︠u︡shchikhsi︠a︡ russkoĭ kulʹturoĭ, russkim i︠a︡zykom i istorieĭ ideĭ.

The book discusses Russian linguistic expressions typical of liberal discourse: prava cheloveka 'human rights', svoboda 'freedom', tolerantnostʹ 'tolerance', pliuralizm 'pluralism', chastnaia sobstvennostʹ i privatizatsiia 'private property and privatization', demokratiya 'democracy', spravedlivostʹ 'justice'. We discuss their meaning and usage, connotations, and the attitude of native speakers towards them. These expressions entered into the language at different times and in different ways. At present, different people understand these words in different ways. The book aims at the wide range of readers interested in Russian culture, the Russian language and the history of ideas.