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Pulse of projects
As a result of the project “Postindustrial society”, Governance and Problem Analysis Center is about to publish the monograph “Postindustrialism: from mythology to ideology”. In this research there was examined “Postindustrial society” theory. It appeared in 1970s as futurology theory and was “tested” using extensive phenomenological material. Extract from the monograph:
“All kinds of futurology perception didn’t pass the test on the subject of “service society” formation (as “postindustrial society” modification). It’s a proven fact that service sector has nothing to do with the age of postindustrial relations. We can see service infrastructure even in traditional society.
Nevertheless, this “failed” theory claims to supremacy in world science, it is extremely widespread. In Russia it became guiding line of economic “development”. Though according to the analysis, countries existing beyond this concept are more successful in their development.
There is a popular concept of I.Wallerstein school concerning world-system modeling. Thus, unified planetary world-system was established in the course of “big XVI century”. There are: Center (the West), Quasi-periphery (Russia in particular) and Periphery (pic.1).
.jpg) Pic.1 Current world system
The model described by Wallerstein has not only geopolitical dimension. Geopolitics correlates with industry labour division structure (pic.2).
.jpg) Pic.2 Model of current international labour division (neocolonialism)
The West emits dollar, floaters, “exports” this “product” in exchange for real goods. Actually this is the same pattern used by parent states which were pumping goods out of their colonies utilizing no violence. So what’s the difference with the age of colonialism? This is NEOcolonialism.
Once racism theory justified colonial international relations, fascism theory justified Hitler’s views upon world order. Nowadays their place is occupied by “respectable”, “intellectualized” versions – postindustrialism and globalism. Try to find a difference…”
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