Scientific & Technological Revolution: Social Effects & Prospect

Out Of Print... The present collection, prepared jointly by the Soviet Academy of Sciences Editorial Board of Social Sciences Today and Progress Publishers, deals with the social aspects and prospects of the current revolution in science and technology. The collection contains articles by prominent Soviet scholars specialising both in social and natural sciences. They deal with problems of current interest, such as the role of science in society today, the impact of scientific and technological progress on the development of social relationships, and in different social formations. The book is a completely upto-date review of the key tendencies of research being carried on in the Soviet Union, where all-round application of the results of the technological revolution is a matter of major importance for the state, the Communist Party and other mass organisations. Some articles of a comparative nature show the effect of the scientific and technological revolution on the development of socialist society and on socio-political processes in the capitalist world and the developing countries as well. Several special contributions are devoted to a critical analysis of the Western latest conceptions of social development.