Philosophical Aspects of Globalization: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry: (2 Contemporary Russian Philosophy)

Globalization 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 Contents:
Contents 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

About the Author :
Alexander N. Chumakov, Dr. phil., is Professor at the Faculty of Global Processes at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), editor-in-chief of the Century of Globalization Journal, organizer and co-chairman of the Organizing Committees of the Russian Philosophical Congresses, and international winner of the Gusi Peace Prize (2015). Alyssa DeBlasio, Ph.D., is John B. Parsons Chair in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Russian at Dickinson College (USA) and author of The Filmmaker’s Philosopher: Merab Mamardashvili and Russian Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2019) and The End of Russian Philosophy (Palgrave, 2014). Ilya V. Ilyin is doctor habilitatus in political sciences, Professor, and head of the Faculty of Global Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia). He is the author of a classification for global processes, systems, and problems and has published over 300 scholarly works, including twenty monographs, with an emphasis on global development.