Podcasts




Anatomy of Love: Attachment

Duration: 0:41:14

The editors of "Shelf" decided to discuss how Russian literature speaks of love, and use the ancient classification for this: storge, eros, philia, agape . In this issue we are talking about storga, family love: why do many childhood memories leave a bright impression, despite the difficult details .


Homer: Was he real?

Duration: 0:35:02

Igor Surikov: Did Homer exist, or are his epics a falsification? And if he did exist, was he blind and could he have invented the alphabet? The main mystery that worries modern historians is whether Homer really existed? Whether it was written by Homer or not, the epic Iliad will become a matrix for all European literature .