Записки русского экстремиста

V ėtoĭ knige, vyshedsheĭ eshche pri zhizni avtora, vydai͡ushchiĭsi͡a uchenyĭ, myslitelʹ, obshchestvennyĭ dei͡atelʹ Igorʹ Rostislavovich Shafarevich sobral svoi raboty, a takzhe ri͡ad vystupleniĭ na radio nachala 2000-kh gg. Neskolʹko ironichnoe nazvanie knigi takzhe avtorskai͡a zadumka: Shafarevich govoril, chto samai͡a robkai͡a popytka vosprini͡atʹ russkui͡u istorii͡u i kulʹturu kak imei͡ushchikh smysl i t͡sennostʹ, - kak, naprimer, v SShA, gde ėto schitaetsi͡a prosto obi͡azatelʹnym v otnoshenii afroamerikant͡sev, - esli ona otnositsi͡a k russkim, kleĭmitsi͡a kak "ksenofobii͡a" i "ėkstremizm". "I͡A popytalsi͡a poni͡atʹ to, chto proiskhodit s nasheĭ stranoĭ v ramkakh peresmotra standartnykh vzgli͡adov na istorii͡u vsego chelovechestva za ochenʹ dlitelʹnyĭ period. Vot ėtim novym vzgli͡adom na istorii͡u i͡a i khotel by zainteresovatʹ chitateli͡a", - pishet I.R. Shafarevich.

In this book, published during the author's lifetime, the outstanding scientist, thinker, public figure Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich collected his works, as well as a number of radio appearances in the early 2000s. The somewhat ironic title of the book is also the author's idea: Shafarevich said that the most timid attempt to perceive Russian history and culture as having meaning and value- as, for example, in the USA, where it is considered simply mandatory for African Americans, if it refers to Russians, it is branded as "xenophobia" and "extremism". "I tried to understand what is happening to our country as part of the revision of the standard views on the history of all mankind for a very long period. It is with this new look at history that I would like to interest the reader," writes I.R. Shafarevich.