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Living in techno/digital/neo-feudalist times
International Sociology. 2026. Vol. 4. No. 2. P. 183–190.
The socioeconomic gap between the top earners and the remainder of the population has
expanded dramatically in the past few decades. Social scientists have been examining this issue
from several theoretical and empirical perspectives. Recently, the observation that the extent
and type of current global inequality is paralleling that of medieval feudalism is gaining a foothold.
This essay examines this theme through two major and recent publications that, I argue, sacrifice
the scientific value of the parallel with the feudalist economy in favor of political mobilization.
Бадиков Р. А., Территория: журнал исторических исследований 2026 Т. 2 № 2 С. 2021–224
Marxist historians – trained at the Institute of Red Professors of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the network of communist universities of the 1920s and early 1930s – better known as the School of Professor Mikhail Pokrovsky – represent a unique generational phenomenon in the community of Soviet scholars. Occupying leading positions in historical scholarship ...
Added: August 16, 2026
Лавренченко М. Л., Труды института русского языка им. В.В. Виноградова 2026 № № 1 С. 250–271
The article delves into narrative strategies used in the Kyivan Chronicle (as preserved in the Hypatian codex and other codices akin to it), in the entries under the years 1130s and the period from the second half of the 1140s to the beginning of the 1150s. This chronicle contains parallel episodes, recorded by diff erent ...
Added: August 15, 2026
Лавренченко М. Л., Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы 2025 Т. 2025 год С. 125–139
The article examines the status and functions of peace mediators in conflicts of the pre-Mongol Rus’ based on materials of three chronicles: the Primary Chronicle, the Kievan Chronicle (according to the Hypatian and similar manuscripts) and the First Novgorodian Chronicle. Among mediators of this period, two main groups can be distinguished: (1) the closest younger ...
Added: August 15, 2026
Strelnikova I., Kharina O., Россия и Америка в XXI веке 2026 № 1
В статье исследуется российско-индийское сотрудничество в Арктике в условиях геополитического соперничества и санкционного давления Запада. Цель работы – проанализировать стратегические интересы России и Индии, определить перспективы их взаимодействия в энергетике, инфраструктуре и транспортных коридорах, а также выявить основные вызовы. Выводы показывают, что сотрудничество обладает значительным потенциалом для экономического и технологического развития, однако его реализация осложняется ...
Added: August 15, 2026
Strelnikova I., Общество и экономика 2026 № 7-8 С. 154–173
Статья посвящена исследованию Трансарктического транспортного коридора (ТАТК) в логике транспортной экономики, международного права и геополитического измерения. На ос нове формально-юридического метода и методов системного анализа достигается цель настоящей статьи – дается комплексная и всесторонняя оценка Трансарктического транспортного коридора в контексте предпосылок его формирования, экономической, геополитической и стратегической значимости; показаны особенности его правового статуса и потенциала ...
Added: August 15, 2026
Zinchenko S., Бейн П. В., Дубровская Д. В. et al., Институт востоковедения РАН, 2026.
Contrary to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's assertion that "the most beautiful thing in the stars, houses, and deserts is what the eyes cannot see," the authors of this monograph dispassionately test the harmony of beauty in the East through the algebra
of scientific analysis, continuing the work of their first book, "The Beautiful and the Utilitarian: From ...
Added: August 14, 2026
Shaposhnikov S., Asia and Africa today 2025
Digital transformation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India is critical to enhancing competitiveness and improving economic performance. It also helps address unemployment and regional inequality. However, SMEs face financial constraints, a digital skills shortage, resistance to change, and cybersecurity challenges. The authors analyze the impact of government initiatives such as Digital India, CGTMSE, ...
Added: August 14, 2026
Goryushina E., Притчин С. А., Пашаева Г. et al., НП РСМД, 2026.
В докладе рассматриваются основные итоги независимого развития, эволюция основ внешнеполитического курса и отношений южнокавказских республик с Россией, а также пути национального строительства, которые прошли государства Южного Кавказа – Грузия, Армения и Азербайджан – с момента распада СССР. В работе относительно каждой из стран представлено два взгляда – из России и самой республики. ...
Added: August 14, 2026
Lavrentiev A., Preobrazhenskaya A., Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Язык и литература. 2026 Т. 23 № 2 С. 419–437
Thе article examines the administrative and economic structure of the southern holdings of the Grand Princes of Ryazan in the Upper Don region and the origin of the well-known place name Epifan’. Based on a study of literary texts, toponymy, and historical material, the authors hypothesize a connection between the literary character, the Ryazan boyar ...
Added: August 14, 2026
Polyakov L., Ортодоксия 2025 № 1 С. 101–122
This article offers reflections on A.V. Shchipkov’s
book Unfinished Nazism: Genesis, Transformations, and Related
Phenomena. In it, the author proposes a quite paradoxical thesis,
identifying liberalism as the ideological “root” of contemporary
Nazism. Previously, drawing connections between liberalism
and fascism was an intellectual move typically confined to leftist
academic circles. However, the author emphasizes that this
particular interpretation of the connection between ...
Added: August 13, 2026
Bessonova E., Мякишева С. М., Новиков С. В., Вопросы экономики 2026 № 8 С. 95–124
This paper examines total factor productivity (TFP) dynamics among Russian enterprises from 2018 to 2024, using translogarithmic production function estimates for 290 industries. To address endogeneity and functional dependence issues, we employ the Ackerberg—Caves—Frazer methodology with a control function approach. Our findings reveal distinct sectoral patterns. In mining, both simple average and value-added-weighted TFP rose ...
Added: August 13, 2026
BRICS Journal of Economics 2026 Vol. 7 No. 2 P. 185–209
This study provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between trade and the environment in Singapore. It offers valuable insights into reconciling economic growth and environmental sustainability in this globally significant trade center and contributes significantly to policy formulation for trade-oriented economies. The paper examines empirical trends in trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI), economic ...
Added: August 13, 2026
Gokhberg L., Kutsenko E., Lebedeva S. et al., М.: ИСИЭЗ ВШЭ, 2025.
This publication prepared by the Russian Cluster Observatory of the National Research University Higher School of Economics Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge is a followup of the 2021 publication dedicated to the statistical measurement of the creative economy of Moscow.
It provides the basic economic indicators of Moscow’s creative industries, assessment of the ...
Added: August 13, 2026
M.: BRICS Expert Council – Russia, 2026.
The world experienced another turbulent year in 2025. It may well go down in future history textbooks as an inflection point in the evolution of the international order. The West, which for centuries has been universally seen as the mainstay of the global order, has shown increasing signs of implosion. It is being afflicted by ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Evgeniia K., Cardoni A., Makeeva E. Y. et al., Business Strategy and the Environment 2026 P. 1–17
This study investigates the relevance of sustainable governance (SG) and its impactful elements in the context of the Russian market, a unique case of an isolated economy, using market value as a proxy for concept relevance. Adopting stakeholder and institutional approaches, this study uses panel data from 152 firms listed on the Moscow Exchange from ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Субъективное благополучие россиян через призму реализации жизненных целей: динамика и дифференциация
Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Социологические исследования 2026 № 7 С. 3–15
Based on survey data from the Institute of Sociology FCTAS from 2003–2024, the article examines Russians’ life goals, their inclusion in life plans, and perceived attainability, as well as the relationship between these characteristics and both objective and subjective well-being. It is shown that the structure of life goals is stable and has not undergone ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Zelenev E., Korobochkina A., Russian Japanology Review 2026 Vol. 9 No. 1 P. 71–100
This article conducts a comparative historical analysis of the soft power strategies employed by Japan and China in Africa, emphasizing the utilization of cultural, educational, and economic instruments to augment their international
influence. Moving away from the traditional post-1990s perspective, this paper introduces an enhanced form of the timeline approach in order to examine the development process of their soft ...
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М.: Институт славяноведения РАН, 2023.
Более двадцати лет Институт славяноведения РАН отмечает День славянской
письменности и культуры традиционной научной конференцией. С 2014 г. она проходит в формате конференции молодых ученых. В 2023 г. участники из Мос квы,
Санкт-Петербурга, Воронежа, Казани, Калининграда, Нижнего Новгорода, Ростова-на-Дону, Смоленска, а также Белоруссии, Венгрии, Китая, Польши, Словакии
и Чехии продолжили эту традицию. Вновь обсуждался широкий круг проблем,
связанных с ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Shams S., International Review of Sociology 2026 Vol. 36 No. 1 P. 262–289
Vertical disintegration reshaped economic activity and especially
employment, with the rise of contractual networks for the
production and distribution of goods and services that were once
under direct corporate control. With minor exceptions, much of
the recent research shows the decline in working conditions that
accompanies the demise of promotion trajectories, predictable
pay, and generally retentive labor practices that were a ...
Added: June 27, 2026
Shams S., Historical Materialism 2015 Vol. 23 No. 1 P. 179–190
Discussion of the role of central banking and financial restructuring in the 2008 crisis ...
Added: April 24, 2025
St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University, 2024.
Added: March 21, 2025
Shevchuk A., Экономическая социология 2023 Т. 24 № 5 С. 11–53
Contemporary sociology of work pays increasing attention to the study of the work experiences of individuals engaged in digital labour platforms. However, for a deeper understanding of the gig economy, this approach needs to be complemented by an analysis of the digital platforms as organizational structures and social actors. This article proposes a conceptual framework ...
Added: December 1, 2023
Uysal K., International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 2023 Vol. 43 No. 1/2 P. 142–155
Purpose – The paper brings Foucauldian analysis of neoliberal governmentality in the discussion on the new forms of labour control within digital labour platforms. The aim of the paper is to reveal the effect of control mechanisms employed by platforms on “entrepreneurial self” within the context of work relations. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on in-depth interviews, conducted with workers under different service categories, ...
Added: May 18, 2022
Shevchuk A., Чижова Д. А., Демина Д. Е. et al., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2021 № 3 С. 356–381
The study focuses on a new type of technological control, i.e., algorithmic control, widely used in decentralized organizational structures (digital platforms) aimed at meeting mass demand. On the example of the taxi sector, the author reveals algorithmic management mechanisms and problematizes its nature and impact on the work and well-being of platform workers. The empirical ...
Added: October 6, 2021