Special Theme of the Issue
Theoretical Issues in Research on Shamanism
(guest editor: V.l. Kharitonova)
An Introduction: Shamanic Studies Is not Only Ethnology
pp. 3-5
To Do Away With “Trance” and “Ecstasy” in Research on Shamanism
pp. 6-18
Ecstasy or Possession? Differences in Shamans’ Experiences in Siberia and Central Asia
pp. 19-31
Possession as a Diagnosis and as a Therapeutic Technique in Central Nepal (a Case Study)
pp. 32-45
Psychological Research Methods and Anomalous Shamanic Experiences and Reports
pp. 46-55
Studying the Phenomenon or Supporting a Theory?
pp. 56-69
Theoretical Issues
The Origin of Death Is the Most Ancient Myth
pp. 70-89
Anthropology and Sociology of Advertising
Who Goes to Pick “Klinskoe”?
pp. 90-95
The Child’s Image in Russian TV Commercials: Specificities in Attitudes of Jerusalem and Moscow Viewers
pp. 95-119
Names of Russian Business Objects from the Viewpoint of Language Fashion
pp. 120-131
From the History of Trademarks in Russia
pp. 132-136
Archive
Imperial Society of Amateurs of Natural Science, Anthropology, and Ethnography, and the Destiny of Its Archive
pp. 137-141
Interview
On Buddha Maytreya, Spirits, and Shambala
pp. 142-154
In Memory of a Scholar
Yulia Vladimirovna Ivanova: Life Devoted to the Balkans (In Memory of a Teacher, Colleague, and Friend)
pp. 155-171
Reviews
Review of Rossiia v Kalifornii: Russkie dokumenty о kolonii Ross i rossiisko-kaliforniiskikh sviaziakh 1803-1850 (Russia in California: Russian Documents on the Ross Colony and Russian-Californian Relations, 1803-1850), ed. by A.A. Istomin, J.R. Gibson, V.A. Tishkov. Tom 1. Moscow, 2005
pp. 172-178
Review of Traditsionnyi vostochnoslavianskii fol’klor na Yuge Dal’nego Vostoka Rossii (vtoraia polovina XIX – nachalo XX v.): adaptatsionnyi aspect (East-Slavic Traditionul Folklore in the South of the Russian Far East [Second Half of the Nineteenth – Early Twentieth Centuries]: An Adaptation Aspect), by L.E. Fetisova, G.G. Ermak, M.B. Serdiuk. Vladivostok, 2004
pp. 179-184
Review of Monastyri Kavkazskoi eparkhii i ikh roi’ v kul 1 turnom razvitii Severnogo Kavkaza (Monasteries of the Caucasus Eparchy and Their Role in the Cultural Development of the Northern Caucasus), by S.A. Razdol’skii. Rostov na Donu, Maikop, 2007
pp. 185-187
Review of Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination, by B. Anderson. London, New York, 2005
pp. 188-190
On the Journal's Website
pp. 192