Research on Post-Industrial Society and Sustainable Development Issues: Russian Scholars View the World: Russian Scholars View the World

Author: Innokentiy Izozemchev
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Reading this book, we will discover an academic world vastly different from the one depicted by Western scholars. The author's unique perspective and novel viewpoints offer us fresh insights. Due to the author's dual identity as a scholar and a banker, the book's discussion of issues is not abstract and obscure but is based on a wealth of new firsthand materials (with the latest date of information extending to 2003). This makes the arguments vivid and compelling, which is also one of the book's valuable aspects. This book is specifically written for Chinese readers by Innokentiy Izozemchev, compiling the author's insights and reflections on the issues of post-industrial society, economic globalization, and the future of human civilization after years of research. As the subtitle suggests, it presents the views of a Russian scholar on the contemporary world. Since the reform and opening-up, the academic bookshelves in China have been dominated by works of Western scholars, making the writings of Russian scholars on current issues rare indeed. Reading this book, we will discover an academic world vastly different from the one depicted by Western scholars. The author's unique perspective and novel viewpoints offer us fresh insights. Due to the author's dual identity as a scholar and a banker, the book's discussion of issues is not abstract and obscure but is based on a wealth of new firsthand materials (with the latest date of information extending to 2003). This makes the arguments vivid and compelling, which is also one of the book's valuable aspects.