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Globalization is a defining characteristic of our contemporary world, with a reach and impact affecting all nations and peoples. Philosophical Aspects of Globalization is a collection of essays by leading contemporary Russian philosophers, scholars, and scientists concerned with addressing pressing issues of globalization from a philosophical point of view. The thirty-four authors who have contributed to this book represent a range of approaches and subfields of Global Studies in Russia, including topics such as theory of globalization, globalization and the environment, history and geopolitics, and globalization in cultural context. When compiled together in a single collection of essays, their work offers the English-speaking reader a comprehensive picture of new directions in Russian Global Studies in the twenty-first century, as well as demonstrates the importance of questions of globalization for philosophical inquiry in Russia today.

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Alexander N. Chumakov, Dr. phil., is Professor at the Faculty of Global Processes at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), editor-in-chief of the Century of Globalization Journal, organizer and co-chairman of the Organizing Committees of the Russian Philosophical Congresses, and international winner of the Gusi Peace Prize (2015). Alyssa DeBlasio, Ph.D., is John B. Parsons Chair in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Russian at Dickinson College (USA) and author of The Filmmaker’s Philosopher: Merab Mamardashvili and Russian Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2019) and The End of Russian Philosophy (Palgrave, 2014). Ilya V. Ilyin is doctor habilitatus in political sciences, Professor, and head of the Faculty of Global Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia). He is the author of a classification for global processes, systems, and problems and has published over 300 scholarly works, including twenty monographs, with an emphasis on global development.

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