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SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL This is a special
brief English version of the Russian journal «Âåê ãëîáàëèçàöèè» PUBLISHED WITH SUPPORT OF RUSSIAN ECOLOGICAL ACADEMY (REA) RUSSIAN PHILISOPHICAL SOCIETY (RPS) Supervising Editor L. E. Grinin Editor-in-Chief A. N. Chumakov Editorial board: Barlybaev Kh. A., Girusov E. V., Ivakhnyuk I. V.,
Kalachev B. F., Kalinichenko
P. A., Katsura A. V., Mamedov N. V., Mitorfanova
A. V., Mozgovoy S. A., Popkov
V. V., Pyrin A. G., Rezhabek B. G., Snakin V. V. International editorial council: An Qinian
(China), Bondarenko D. M. (Russia), Veber A. B. (Russia), Gay W. (USA), Guseynov A. A. (Russia), Danilov-Danilyan V.
I. (Russia), Daffern Th. (UK), Dobrovolsky G. V. (Russia), Etsimovich
T. (Slovenia), Izrael Yu. A. (Russia), Inozemtsev V. L. (Russia), Kapitza
S. P. (Russia), Kiss E. (Hungary), Kolbasi
H. (Iran), Korotayev A. V. (Russia), Kucuradi
I. (Turkey), Liseev I. K. (Russia), Masour I. I. (Russia), Nazaretyan
A. P. (Russia), Styopin V. S. (Russia), Ursul A. D. (Russia), Yudin
B. G. (Russia). Editorial Board: Tel: (495)
203-92-98. E-mail: chumakov@iph.ras.ru |
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CONTENTS A word to the reader From the Editorial Board......................................................................... 3 Complimentary Addresses ...................................................................... 5 THEORY Alexander N. Chumakov. On the Subject and Boundaries of Global Studies 6 William C.
Gay. Processes of Globalization and the Discipline of
Global PROCESSES
OF GLOBALIZATION Leonid E. Grinin. Globalization
and Sovereignty: Why do States Abandon their Sovereign Prerogatives?............................................................... 22 Sergey Kashkin and Paul Kalinichenko. Globalization of the Rule of Law: Experience of Anastasia
V. Mitrofanova. Religion
in World Politics and the Problem of ARTICLE
ABSTRACTS AND ANNOTATIONS Arkadi D. Ursul. Global Processes, Security and Sustainable Development 44 Vladislav L. Inozemtsev. The Present Day Globalization.................. 46 Victor I. Danilov-Danilyan. Global Problem of the Sweet Water Shortage 48 Ivan I. Masour. The Global Energy Security........................................ 49 Alexander B. Veber. Global Climate Change: Whom to Blame? And What Alexander V. Katsura. 'World-Wide
Tenderness' or Valeri M. Leibin. Aurelio Peccei: A Few
Strokes to the Portrait .......... 55 Boris G. Rezhabek. V. I. Vernadsky's Noosphere Theory and the Search for Alexander
V. Buzgalin Alterglobalism:
Searching for the Positive Alter Sergey P. Kapitza The Demographic Revolution in The Nobel
Prize for Climate Study. An Interview with the Full Member of Complementary
Resources....................................................................... 61 |
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A WORD TO
THE READER FROM THE EDITORIAL
BOARD Dear readers! The journal 'The Age of Globalization' whose
first issue is in your hands has not by chance got its title. Every century gets its own
name in the history, sometimes even more then one. Only the future will show which
title will be finally assigned to the 21st century. But we, the
contemporaries of its beginning, think that these are just the process of globalization and its possible
consequences that will become central for the present century. Already for almost forty years the global
problematic attracts attention of scientists and politicians, representatives
of business circles and non-governmental organizations, mass media and wide
public. At the same time among the wide range of periodicals in Russia there
is no specialized journal yet for the already established sphere of academic
research - the global studies - which on the interdisciplinary basis would
raise questions and suggest
solutions of urgent problems of the present day world: starting from ecology, resources and demography
up to the legal and geopolitical aspects of international relations. The emergence of a
new scientific journal should be regarded as a response to this long-standing necessity
for a solid theoretic discussion and popular science treatment of the process of
globalization and global problems of the modern times. It is also worth mentioning that against the
background of increasing globalization the more evident becomes the tendency to a
systematic investigation of complicated and complex problems. However, we still confront the lack of those
interdisciplinary grounds where the
scientists and thinkers of different professions and fields of knowledge could meet, where productive ideas and
theories could emerge. To a certain degree this has also influenced
the idea to create the new journal. Modern world becomes closer and more
complicated, the speeds are higher and along with this we see the growth of
responsibility of those scientists who are qualified to comprehend the main
vectors of development, to see the real (and not imaginary) dangers in time and to prompt
effective and well-circumspect decisions. It is important among a great
number of problems to distinguish the main and urgent ones, those problems that pose the most
concern. That is why it becomes more and more evident that we need a real (not declarative)
integration of efforts of researchers specializing in different fields of
scientific knowledge with the ones of representatives of financial and
political circles, as
well as different public and religious movements. Everyone understanding the responsibility of science,
power institutions and finally, of every person for the present and future of
life on the Earth, comes to the conclusion that to overcome global threats such integration is the main
task of our times. The actual state of affairs in the socionatu-ral system of the planet is serious enough. All
this should be discussed thoroughly, openly and in a professional manner without
surrendering to the fascination of myths or imaginary fears which are already
plenty in the given field. It is necessary to provide a reasoned explanation
that many problems could have been solved already by present by Our consciousness does not keep pace with changes.
And nowadays many people ask themselves questions: What is 'globalization' and how is it
connected with global problems of modernity? When and why did it start? Where and in what
forms will it develop?
Globalization - is it right or wrong? The questions of those kinds will be
discussed in detail on the pages of our edition and the leading issues of
its contributions will become the following: -
theory of globalization and global studies in general; - economic, political, social,
ecological, scientific-technical, cultural, religious, ethic and other aspects of globalization; - global problems of modernity; - analysis of modern Russian realia in the context of processes and
problems of globalization; -
global studies: urgent questions of philosophy and theory of history; -
the human problem in the light of problems of globalization; -
futurological aspects of global studies, etc. We will give space for different points of
view and approaches to the comprehension of the indicated problems,
encouraging the creative discussions and the mood of constructive
suggestions. The social movements and international organizations, scientific
forums and research projects in the relative subjects will not be left
without attention. No doubt, in the solution of the mentioned
problems will be contributed by the fact that the journal is issued with the
assistance of the Russian Ecological Academy (REA) and the Russian
Philosophical Society (RPS). We view this as a pledge that it will become the center of attraction
of creative forces, a place where Russian and foreign scientists and specialists
professionally working in different fields of global studies will be able to analyze the urgent
problems of globalization and its consequences, suggest theoretical and
practical solutions, and also to approve and discuss new ideas, to present
their reviews, expert evaluations, etc. In its activity the Editors and International
Editorial Board consisting of famous scientists will rely on already available
results and achievements in the sphere of global studies. In particular, it is planned to
invite to contribute to the journal the members of a large international group - the authors of
Encyclopedia and Encyclopedic Dictionary which gained a high appraisal and recognition
in the modern world. We think all this will contribute not only to a fruitful
development of a new scientific area but also to a better understanding of
Russia's opportunities and interests in the solution of global problems of modernity, to the
growth of its scientific authority in the international arena. We also hope that the new journal will become
a newsmaker in modern Russian and international scientific life and will occupy a worthy place in the range
of solid theoretical journals. The present edition is a special brief English
version of the Russian journal «Âåê ãëîáàëèçàöèè». In the first and second
sections there are complete articles and in the subsequent section you can
find abstracts and annotations of the rest papers of the Russian-language original. Supervising Editor Editor-in-Chief L. |
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COMPLIMENTARY ADDRESSES The start of a new theoretical journal for
discussion of the most urgent problems of the modern world should undoubtedly be
welcome because it is essentially the first periodical of the kind. Globalization is one of the issues recently
attracting a close attention of different layers of population. It provokes sharp discussions
and from time to time its followers and opponents fall into serious passion
heated up by the loud protest actions on the part of the antiglobalists. And all this because the focus is on the
unresolved and vital problems of modern world touching the interests of the
majority of the planet's inhabitants. The present 'dominant influences' are mostly
absorbed with private issues and details of the world life which are ascribed an unrightfully large and
sometimes global significance. However, when touching these issues one should determine
the attitude towards
the main problems of the existence of the present-day humankind. That is why the coming out of the journal
'Age of Globalization' is a well-timed event of current concern. We should hope that many of the issues
discussed in global studies will find their interpretation on the pages of the new journal
which I would like to wish great success, bright contributors and also concerned and careful readers. President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Full Member of the |
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Introducing to the scientific and wide public
community a new theoretical journal, first I would like to point out its main peculiarity
- in the essence it is an interdisciplinary journal and this distinguishes it
from the range of periodicals. The primary subject-matter of its contents is defined by
the title itself. Globalization and its consequences for the modern world
are of special interest today both for the scholars and for the public
community. And this
means that on the pages of the journal the discussions will progress
concerning the most
urgent questions and conflicts inherent to the global humanity. In this
connection the points
of rapprochement and contact should be found for a fruitful dialogue and constructive cooperation of
scientists, scholars, and specialists in different fields. The contents of the first issue already gives
reasons to believe that we are dealing with a serious scientific journal aimed at a
profound analysis of the crucial problems of modernity, a journal which is
oriented toward the future and does not avoid the novelty and burning topics of the present days. I have no doubt that the journal will have a
wide range of contributors: scientists and politicians, philosophers and writers,
theorists and persons of practice, representing different worldview positions
and also a broad readership exceeding the framework of a pure science. I would like to wish a great creative success
to the editors and contributors and interesting publications to the readers. Full Member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, President
of the Russian Ecological Academy, Director of the Institute of Global
Climate and Ecology of Roshydromet and the Russian Academy of
Sciences Yu. A. Izrael |
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