Science, Technology, and Ecopolitics in the USSR (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275953836)

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.

Author: Miron Rezun
ISBN-10: 0275953831
ISBN-13: 9780275953836
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/19/1996
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d