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Book SynopsisGlobalization is a defining characteristic of our contemporary world, with a reach and impact affecting all nations and peoples. Philosophical Aspects of Globalization is a collection of essays by leading contemporary Russian philosophers, scholars, and scientists concerned with addressing pressing issues of globalization from a philosophical point of view. The thirty-four authors who have contributed to this book represent a range of approaches and subfields of Global Studies in Russia, including topics such as theory of globalization, globalization and the environment, history and geopolitics, and globalization in cultural context. When compiled together in a single collection of essays, their work offers the English-speaking reader a comprehensive picture of new directions in Russian Global Studies in the twenty-first century, as well as demonstrates the importance of questions of globalization for philosophical inquiry in Russia today.
Table of ContentsContents Foreword: Philosophy of Globalization in Today’s Dialogue of Civilizations Preface Notes on Contributors Part 1: Globalization in the Focus of Interdisciplinary Research Globalization from the Philosophical Point of View Alexander N. Chumakov Globalization as a Holistic Process Philosophical and Methodological Aspects Boris I. Pruzhinin and Tatiana G. Shchedrina The Age of Competing Globalizations Vladislav L. Inozemtsev Globalization and Global Processes: The Algorithm of Development Arkady D. Ursul, Ilya V. Ilyin and Tatiana A. Ursul The Historical Logic of Globalization Tatiana L. Shestova Globalization-Induced Transformation of International Cooperation Holistic Assessment Tatiana A. Alekseeva and Ivan D. Loshkariov Part 2: Philosophical and Sociocultural Aspects of Globalization The Role of Global Studies in the Development of a Sustainable Security System Ilya V. Ilyin and Kristina S. Leonova The Pandemic and the Crisis of the Global World Alexey A. Gromyko The Globalized World under the Prism of COVID-19 Victor B. Kuvaldin The Twilight of Neoliberal Globalization Alternatives to the Dead-Ends of the Proto-Empire Aleksandr V. Buzgalin The Concept of “Political Globalization” and Global Challenges Olga G. Leonova Part 3: Nature, Society, and the Humans in a Global World Sustainable Development of Civilization and the Global Environmental Problem Victor I. Danilov-Danilyan Harmonization of the Biosphere and the Technosphere as a Global Problem of Modernity Nizami M. Mamedov Natural-Historic Aspects of Globalization Valery V. Snakin Global Digital Society and the Problems of Social Adaptation Aza D. Ioseliani Globalization Aporia: The Hegemonic “World State” versus Cosmopolitanism to Come Edward V. Demenchonok Part 4: Russia in the Global World: Philosophy, History, Geopolitics Russia in the Projects of the Coming World Order Yury D. Granin Ways for Evolving Russia’s Current Civilizational Choice in the Context of Globalization Igor K. Liseyev Globalization, the Great Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Transformation of the World System A Historical and Philosophical Perspective Leonid E. Grinin The Structures of Social Solidarity in Contemporary Russia Evolution and Perspectives Anastasia V. Mitrofanova The Philosophical Potential of Russian Cosmism in the Context of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Global Studies Alexander M. Starostin Part 5: Humanistic Aspects of the Global Civilization Civilizational Values in the Age of Global Social Transformations Ivan A. Aleshkovski and Alexander T. Gasparishvili Towards a Theory of Global Security Igor F. Kefeli Modern Challenges of Global Sports Development A Philosophical and Methodological Analysis Vladislav I. Stolyarov and Sergey G. Seyranov The Dialectic of Civilization From Ethnic-Religious to Global Civilization Ilham R. Mamedzade and Tair M. Makhamatov The Essence of Globalization in the Spiritual Dimension Anatoliy G. Kossichenko Religion in the Globalized World Philosophical Reflections Mikhail Y. Sergeev Index
