The Vitality of Russia

by Clesse, Armand; Lounev, Sergei

• ISBN13: 9789036194211
• ISBN10: 9036194210
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-21
• Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr

Summary

This book is the product of two conferences on the vitality of pre-communist, communist and post-communist Russia, organized in Moscow by the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies (LIEIS) in association with the Moscow Public Science Foundation. the conference grew out of a long-term project entitled 'The Vitality of Nations', launched by LIEIS, which employs the investigative methods of the social sciences - economic history, social history, economics, sociology, psychology and political science disciplines - to reveal something of the dynamic of the nations under study. the authors have controversial ideas, especially on the present situation in Russia. A great Russian poet, Sergei Yesenin, wrote: 'It is impossible to see a face when you are face to face. A big thing can be seen from a distance only.

Table of Contents

The viability of the Russian society : a theoretical and a practical problem	p. 3
An enigmatic end to empire? : social science theory and the Soviet Union's sudden end	p. 15
Liberal conservatism in Russia : its ideological and political substance in the 20th century	p. 31
Konstantin Pobedonostsev and national Bolshevism	p. 40
The military-industrial complex and the scientific-technological revolution : the Russian experience from the perspective of a historian	p. 50
Has the Russian economy turned a corner?	p. 71
The sources of vitality in the Russian economy	p. 83
The local impact of global transformations with special reference to social development issues	p. 91
The specific character of Russian economic culture and the 'Russian way' in the development of the economy	p. 106
The vitality of Russia : socio-cultural factors	p. 116
The vitality of Russia and the political elite	p. 126
Civilization, foreign policy and the vitality of Russia	p. 137
The economic vitality of Russia : present and future	p. 161
The fate of Russia	p. 169
The revival of science as a condition for the survival of Russian society	p. 181
The vitality of Russia and its national security	p. 201
First meeting : Moscow, 22-23 September 1995	p. 213
Second meeting : Moscow, 27-28 September 1996	p. 344
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