Introduction: Mikhail Epstein's transcultural visions / Anesa Miller-Pogacar-- New currents in Russian poetry: conceptualism, metarealism, and presentism -- Avant-garde art and religion -- After the future: on the new consciousness in literature -- Relativistic patterns in totalitarian thinking: the linguistic games of Soviet ideology -- Labor of lust: erotic metaphors of Soviet civilization -- The origins and meaning of Russian postmodernism -- At the crossroads of image and concept: essayism in the culture of the modern age -- Thing and word: on the lyrical museum -- Culture - culturology - transculture -- Theory and fantasy -- Conclusion: a future after the future.