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Book SynopsisFor over a quarter century Russian scholars have operated apart from past ideological constraints and have been discussing in new ways the most acute problems of Russia and of the world community as a whole. Between Past Orthodoxies and the Future of Globalization makes available in English current research by leading thinkers in Russia in philosophy, political theory, and related fields. At the international level, one group of essays articulates Russian perspectives on key global issues. At the national level, another group of essays delivers analyses of the global dimensions in a variety of current issues in Russia. Taken together, the fourteen chapters of this book demonstrate the relevance and vitality of contemporary Russian philosophy to the study of globalization. Contributors are: Akop P. Nazaretyan, Alexander N. Chumakov, Alexander V. Katsura, Anastasia V. Mitrofanova, Ilia V. Ilyin, Ivan A. Aleshkovskiy, Leonid E. Grinin, Olga G. Leonova, Pavel S. Seleznev, Sergey A. Nikolsky, Tatiana A. Alekseeva, Valentina G. Fedotova, Vladimir N. Porus, Vladimir V. Mironov, William C. Gay, Yakov A. Plyais
Table of ContentsPreface ALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOV Introduction CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION WILLIAM C. GAY PART ONE THE GLOBAL WORLD AS SEEN FROM RUSSIA ONE GLOBALIZATION FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW: RUSSIAN VISION ALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOV TWO RUSSIAN CULTURE AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIO-CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION 21 ILIA V. ILYIN AND OLGA G. LEONOVA THREE THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMICS, POLITICS, AND LAW IN GLOBALIZATION VLADIMIR V. MIRONOV FOUR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF RUSSIA AND GLOBALIZATION SERGEY A. NIKOLSKY FIVE GLOBALIZATION AND CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA: THE NEED FOR INNOVATION PAVEL S. SELEZNEV PART TWO THE GLOBAL DIMENSION OF CURRENT ISSUES IN RUSSIA SIX INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND DEVELOPMENT IVAN A. ALESHKOVSKI SEVEN INTERNAL ANARCHY IN RUSSIA AS AN OBSTACLE FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY VALENTINA G. FEDOTOVA EIGHT THE NEW ELITE CLASS FORMATION AS THE TOP PRIORITY FOR RUSSIAN MODERNIZATION YAKOV A. PLYAIS NINE AMERICA AND RUSSIA: A MULTIPOLAR WORLD AS AN ECHO OF FEAR BEFORE FUTURE UNIFICATION ALEXANDER V. KATSURA PART THREE RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES ON VARIOUS ISSUES TEN THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND PHILOSOPHY LEONID E. GRININ ELEVEN THE PROSPECT FOR POLITICIZATION OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY ANASTASIA V. MITROFANOVA TWELVE NON-LINEAR FUTURES: THE “MYSTERIOUS SINGULARITY” IN VIEW OF MEGA-HISTORY AKOP P. NAZARETYAN THIRTEEN THE TRAGEDY OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRAGEDY (SERGEY N. BULGAKOV AND LEV I. SCHESTOV) VLADIMIR N. PORUS FOURTEEN LIBERALISM IN A NON-IDEAL WORLD TATIANA A. ALEKSEEVA BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHORS INDEX
