Science, Technology, and Ecopolitics in the USSR Contributor(s): Rezun, Miron (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275953831 ISBN-13: 9780275953836 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Science - History | Europe - General |
Dewey: 306.450 |
LCCN: 95022010 |
Lexile Measure: 1400 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Although enormous industrial advances were made in the USSR, the country still lagged behind the West in the post-industrial age. What the Soviets could not build or manufacture, they had to get from the West. The final outcome was a culture developed in which there was no regard for consumerism and no respect for the environment. The author traces the development of the Soviet malaise, but warns that a future authoritarian regime could still revive the technological race. Conversely, he also replies to the academic debate on the excesses of modern technology in the West, with a sharp criticism of feminist and post-modernist perspectives. |