@article{GerasimovGlebovKaplunovskietal.2006,
  author    = {Gerasimov, Ilya and Glebov, Sergey and Kaplunovski, Alexander and Mogilner, Marina and Semyonov, Alexander},
  title     = {In Search of a New Imperial History},
  journal   = {Ab Imperio},
  volume    = {1},
  number    = {2005},
  pages     = {33 -- 56},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {The semantics of the term "empire" is overloaded with superlatives and loud epithets. The concept of empire is so universal and all-encompassing that it appears to have no particular meaning at all. Indeed, empire embodies the grim totality of unlimited domination and coercion; at the same time, it turns out to be a synonym for the clumsy neologism of "world-system" (or "world civilization") and evokes a unifying principle for a universe surrounded by the destructive elements of chaos and barbarism.},
  language  = {en}
}