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Discussion: Cross-Cutting Topics and a Variety of Periodizations
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Navigating Complexity in Big History. Exploring Periodization Across Cosmic and Biosocial Dimensions
David J. L., L. Grinin, Korotayev A. Springer, 2025.
David J. L., Leonid Grinin, Korotayev A., Springer, 2026.
Complexity is widely acknowledged as a foundational and pivotal concept in Big History, offering a unifying lens through which to examine the emergence and development of systems—from particles and galaxies to life, civilizations, and beyond. Yet, despite its centrality, major gaps remain in how we define, measure, and interpret complexity across different phases and scales. ...
Added: August 7, 2026
Leonid Grinin, Korotayev A., , in: Navigating Complexity in Big History. Exploring Periodization Across Cosmic and Biosocial Dimensions.: Springer, 2025. P. 49–71.
“The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things which lifts human life a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the grace of tragedy”. These words of Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg undoubtedly deserve attention, although they dramatize the origins of interest in the problems of the Universe. ...
Added: May 12, 2025
Navigating Complexity in Big History. Exploring Periodization Across Cosmic and Biosocial Dimensions
David J. L., L. Grinin, Korotayev A., Springer, 2025.
In the editors’ introduction (Chapter 1), the effort to periodize is placed within the historical context along with considerations from complexity science. Subsequent chapters explore various aspects of periodization and complexity by (a) identifying symmetrical cosmic and biosocial trends, (b) testing rigor and criteria for evaluating periodization, (c) attempting to integrate different approaches through multiple ...
Added: May 12, 2025
Leonid Grinin, Anton Grinin, Korotayev A., World Futures 2025 Vol. 81 No. 1 P. 35–62
Aging is one of the most powerful processes of the 21st century which is accelerating, which is influencing and will influence much more during many forthcoming decades all aspects of life. The percentage of elderly in developed countries will surpass a share of young people within decades. So we will live in gray society where ...
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Proskuryakova L. N., , in: Handbook of Energy and Environmental Security.: Elsevier, 2022. Ch. 19 P. 399–413 .
The chapter discusses various approaches to identification of energy and environmental challenges, as well as key stakeholders (international organizations, national governments, business, and civil society organizations) and their input. Specific attention is paid to future study tools and Pressure-State-Response framework. Further, the main energy and environmental challenges and their positive and negative security implications are ...
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Belyavskiy B., Journal of Economic Sociology 2019 Vol. 20 No. 4 P. 142–150
This paper is a review of Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics, written by Jens Beckert and published in 2016. Prof. Beckert leads the Max-Plank Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. His works are in the fields of new economic sociology, economic anthropology and valuation studies. The last approach largely owes its ...
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Grinin L. E., Korotayev A., , in: Comparing Globalizations Historical and World-Systems Approaches.: Springer Publishing Company, 2018. Ch. 2 P. 37–70.
The formation of the Afroeurasian world-system was one of the crucial points of social evolution, starting from which the social evolution rate and effectiveness increased dramatically. In the present chapter we analyze processes and scales of global integration in historical perspective, starting with the Agrarian Revolution. We connect the main phases of historical globalization with ...
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Volgograd: Uchitel, 2014.
Big History has been developing very fast indeed. We are currently observing a ‘Cambrian explosion’ in terms of its popularity and diffusion. Big History courses are taught in the schools and universities of several dozen countries, including China, Korea, the Netherlands, the USA, India, Russia, Japan, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, and many more. The International ...
Added: October 9, 2014