Alexander N. Chumakov is Professor; Chair, Philosophy Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy; First Vice-President, Russian Philosophical Society; specializations in global studies, democratization, social philosophy, ecology; Editor-in-Chief, Age of Globalization, Vestnik RFO; author, 16 books.William C. Gay is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has published five books with Russian philosophers and has authored many articles and book chapters on issues of war, peace, and justice.

• PrefaceALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOVIntroductionCONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHYAND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION WILLIAM C. GAYPART ONETHE GLOBAL WORLD AS SEEN FROM RUSSIA ONEGLOBALIZATION FROM A PHILOSOPHICALPOINT OF VIEW: RUSSIAN VISION ALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOVTWORUSSIAN CULTURE AND CHALLENGES OFSOCIO-CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION21ILIA V. ILYIN AND OLGA G. LEONOVATHREETHE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMICS,POLITICS, AND LAW IN GLOBALIZATIONVLADIMIR V. MIRONOVFOURTHE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF RUSSIA ANDGLOBALIZATION SERGEY A. NIKOLSKYFIVEGLOBALIZATION AND CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA:THE NEED FOR INNOVATIONPAVEL S. SELEZNEV PART TWOTHE GLOBAL DIMENSION OF CURRENT ISSUES IN RUSSIASIXINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION,AND DEVELOPMENT IVAN A. ALESHKOVSKISEVENINTERNAL ANARCHY IN RUSSIA ASAN OBSTACLE FOR NATIONALAND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY VALENTINA G. FEDOTOVAEIGHTTHE NEW ELITE CLASS FORMATION AS THETOP PRIORITY FOR RUSSIAN MODERNIZATIONYAKOV A. PLYAISNINEAMERICA AND RUSSIA: A MULTIPOLAR WORLD ASAN ECHO OF FEAR BEFORE FUTURE UNIFICATIONALEXANDER V. KATSURA PART THREERUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES ON VARIOUS ISSUES TENTHE NEW WORLD ORDER AND PHILOSOPHYLEONID E. GRININELEVENTHE PROSPECT FOR POLITICIZATION OFORTHODOX CHRISTIANITYANASTASIA V. MITROFANOVATWELVENON-LINEAR FUTURES: THE “MYSTERIOUSSINGULARITY” IN VIEW OF MEGA-HISTORYAKOP P. NAZARETYANTHIRTEENTHE TRAGEDY OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEPHILOSOPHY OF TRAGEDY (SERGEY N. BULGAKOV AND LEV I. SCHESTOV)VLADIMIR N. PORUSFOURTEENLIBERALISM IN A NON-IDEAL WORLDTATIANA A. ALEKSEEVABIBLIOGRAPHYABOUT THE AUTHORSINDEX

Alexander N. Chumakov is Professor; Chair, Philosophy Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy; First Vice-President, Russian Philosophical Society; specializations in global studies, democratization, social philosophy, ecology; Editor-in-Chief, Age of Globalization, Vestnik RFO; author, 16 books.William C. Gay is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has published five books with Russian philosophers and has authored many articles and book chapters on issues of war, peace, and justice.

• PrefaceALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOVIntroductionCONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHYAND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION WILLIAM C. GAYPART ONETHE GLOBAL WORLD AS SEEN FROM RUSSIA ONEGLOBALIZATION FROM A PHILOSOPHICALPOINT OF VIEW: RUSSIAN VISION ALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOVTWORUSSIAN CULTURE AND CHALLENGES OFSOCIO-CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION21ILIA V. ILYIN AND OLGA G. LEONOVATHREETHE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMICS,POLITICS, AND LAW IN GLOBALIZATIONVLADIMIR V. MIRONOVFOURTHE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF RUSSIA ANDGLOBALIZATION SERGEY A. NIKOLSKYFIVEGLOBALIZATION AND CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA:THE NEED FOR INNOVATIONPAVEL S. SELEZNEV PART TWOTHE GLOBAL DIMENSION OF CURRENT ISSUES IN RUSSIASIXINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION,AND DEVELOPMENT IVAN A. ALESHKOVSKISEVENINTERNAL ANARCHY IN RUSSIA ASAN OBSTACLE FOR NATIONALAND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY VALENTINA G. FEDOTOVAEIGHTTHE NEW ELITE CLASS FORMATION AS THETOP PRIORITY FOR RUSSIAN MODERNIZATIONYAKOV A. PLYAISNINEAMERICA AND RUSSIA: A MULTIPOLAR WORLD ASAN ECHO OF FEAR BEFORE FUTURE UNIFICATIONALEXANDER V. KATSURA PART THREERUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES ON VARIOUS ISSUES TENTHE NEW WORLD ORDER AND PHILOSOPHYLEONID E. GRININELEVENTHE PROSPECT FOR POLITICIZATION OFORTHODOX CHRISTIANITYANASTASIA V. MITROFANOVATWELVENON-LINEAR FUTURES: THE “MYSTERIOUSSINGULARITY” IN VIEW OF MEGA-HISTORYAKOP P. NAZARETYANTHIRTEENTHE TRAGEDY OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEPHILOSOPHY OF TRAGEDY (SERGEY N. BULGAKOV AND LEV I. SCHESTOV)VLADIMIR N. PORUSFOURTEENLIBERALISM IN A NON-IDEAL WORLDTATIANA A. ALEKSEEVABIBLIOGRAPHYABOUT THE AUTHORSINDEX

Alexander N. Chumakov is Professor; Chair, Philosophy Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy; First Vice-President, Russian Philosophical Society; specializations in global studies, democratization, social philosophy, ecology; Editor-in-Chief, Age of Globalization, Vestnik RFO; author, 16 books.William C. Gay is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has published five books with Russian philosophers and has authored many articles and book chapters on issues of war, peace, and justice.

• PrefaceALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOVIntroductionCONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHYAND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION WILLIAM C. GAYPART ONETHE GLOBAL WORLD AS SEEN FROM RUSSIA ONEGLOBALIZATION FROM A PHILOSOPHICALPOINT OF VIEW: RUSSIAN VISION ALEXANDER N. CHUMAKOVTWORUSSIAN CULTURE AND CHALLENGES OFSOCIO-CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION21ILIA V. ILYIN AND OLGA G. LEONOVATHREETHE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMICS,POLITICS, AND LAW IN GLOBALIZATIONVLADIMIR V. MIRONOVFOURTHE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF RUSSIA ANDGLOBALIZATION SERGEY A. NIKOLSKYFIVEGLOBALIZATION AND CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA:THE NEED FOR INNOVATIONPAVEL S. SELEZNEV PART TWOTHE GLOBAL DIMENSION OF CURRENT ISSUES IN RUSSIASIXINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION,AND DEVELOPMENT IVAN A. ALESHKOVSKISEVENINTERNAL ANARCHY IN RUSSIA ASAN OBSTACLE FOR NATIONALAND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY VALENTINA G. FEDOTOVAEIGHTTHE NEW ELITE CLASS FORMATION AS THETOP PRIORITY FOR RUSSIAN MODERNIZATIONYAKOV A. PLYAISNINEAMERICA AND RUSSIA: A MULTIPOLAR WORLD ASAN ECHO OF FEAR BEFORE FUTURE UNIFICATIONALEXANDER V. KATSURA PART THREERUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES ON VARIOUS ISSUES TENTHE NEW WORLD ORDER AND PHILOSOPHYLEONID E. GRININELEVENTHE PROSPECT FOR POLITICIZATION OFORTHODOX CHRISTIANITYANASTASIA V. MITROFANOVATWELVENON-LINEAR FUTURES: THE “MYSTERIOUSSINGULARITY” IN VIEW OF MEGA-HISTORYAKOP P. NAZARETYANTHIRTEENTHE TRAGEDY OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEPHILOSOPHY OF TRAGEDY (SERGEY N. BULGAKOV AND LEV I. SCHESTOV)VLADIMIR N. PORUSFOURTEENLIBERALISM IN A NON-IDEAL WORLDTATIANA A. ALEKSEEVABIBLIOGRAPHYABOUT THE AUTHORSINDEX