TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. A PHILOSOPHICAL GLIMPSE OF NON CONFORMISM

Professionalism is a Humanism
Silvia Mineva (University of Sofia) ..... 5

Critical Thinking in Politics - A Postmodern View
Diana Gasparyan (National Research University-Higher School of Economics) ..... 18

From Banville to Black and Back Again: Beyond the Post-Saussurean Signifier
John McSweeney (Cork, Ireland) ..... 30

II. ONGOING DISCUSSION ON LÉVINAS

The Grotesque “I” before the Face of the Other: The Eschatology of the Grotesque
Darin Drossev (University of Sofia) ..... 56

Emmanuel Lévinas’ Early Aesthetic Views: A Difficult Friendship between the Subject and the Artist
Rossitsa Borkowski (University of Sofia) ..... 66

III. SUPPLEMENT

The Cooperation between Azerbaijan and International Institutions in the Field of Humanitarian Activities (1991-2005)
Arzuman Amirov (Institute of History, National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan) ..... 82

IV. BOOK REVIEWS

Denkov’s Contextual Kantianism
A review of Dimitar Denkov, What is Enlightenment? Texts, Genres and Contexts Around Kant's „Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?” Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press 2011. 382 pp.
Reviewed by: Vassil Vidinsky (University of Sofia) ..... 92

Review of Jean-Pierre Clero, Calcul Moral ou Comment Raisonner en Ethique? Paris: Armand Colin, 2011. 544 pp. $69.95.
Boryana Angelova (National Sports Academy, Sofia) ..... 96

Review of: Salvi Turró, Fichte. De la Consciencia a L'absolut [Fichte: from Consciounsess to the Absolute], Omicron: Badalona (Barcelona), 2011. 270 pp. €20
Sergi Avilés (CSRF, Barcelona) ..... 99