Social Evolution as an Integral Part of Universal Evolution

Гринин, Леонид; Гринин, Антон

doi:10.30884/seh/2020.02.02

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“…Throughout this paper, elitehood is thought of as an amalgamation of the "power elite", as termed by C. Wright Mills ([1956] 2000, and the "new elite" of celebrities empowered by the increasing capacities of media technologies (Grinin 2011). In regards to the power elite, Mills writes that as economic, political, and military institutions become increasingly centralised, they are dominated by this minority of actors with enhanced directorial powers.…”

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“…In other words, the power elite "are in command of the major hierarchies and organizations of modern society" ([1956] 2000: 4). However, this idea of elite power can be expanded on to more thoroughly incorporate the stratum of the celebrity and its increasingly prevalent role in media-centric life as was done by Leonid E. Grinin (2011) in Celebrities as a New Elite of Information Society. Grinin writes that celebrities, as a new elite, influence the structures of society by forming social groups of fans and popularizing certain lifestyles and behaviors.…”

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Degradative Impacts of Elite Landscapes: Residential Lawns and Golf Courses

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2024

Glocalism

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Environmental catastrophes, perpetuated by the unsustainable and unrestricted consumption of resources, are becoming increasingly apparent. Although elite practices often account for a disproportionate amount of resource usage, wealthy ways of life remain unchallenged while the non-elite continuously adapt to ecological crises. The cases of celebrity lawn-watering and golf course maintenance in drought-prone California represent the larger issue of elite practices that effectively oppose healthy change. These elite landscapes have become thoroughly ingrained in American culture, and dismantling their constructed necessity requires scepticism of information produced by those within dominant social orders. This paper will highlight the negative impacts of elite ecological practices while asserting that new ways of living, such as wild gardening and the repurposing of golf course land, should be embraced and empowered. Unnatural landscape aesthetics must be devalued to adapt to environmental changes, and to accomplish this feat, a cultural shift is crucial.

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Section: Elitementioning

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Section: Elitementioning

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Degradative Impacts of Elite Landscapes: Residential Lawns and Golf Courses

HOUCK

2024

Glocalism

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“…It is one of the major goal of transhumanism. Cyborgization is the process of replacing human body with cybernetic implants (Grinin, & Grinin, 2022). Transhumanists advocates for the use of technology to augment human physical capabilities.…”

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Transcending Humanity: Nietzsche’s Notion of the Overman and Transhumanism Ethos

2024

RHSS

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This paper examines Nietzsche's concept of the overman (Übermensch) and its implications for transhumanism ethos. Nietzsche's overman is characterized by self-overcoming. For Nietzsche, humanity is something that must be overcome and transcended. Nietzsche's call for self-overcoming and transcending humanity's limitations, finds resonance in transhumanist ethos and aspirations, which seeks to enhance human abilities through biotechnology. However, a critical examination of Nietzsche's concept of the overman uncovers some contradictions between his views and transhumanism ethos and aspirations. Central to his thought is the principle of 'Amor Fati' (love of fate), emphasizing the embrace of life's challenges and suffering. This contrast with transhumanist inclination to eradicate suffering through technological advancement. His idea that struggle and suffering improves strength is contrary to transhumanist's goal of eliminating suffering and obstacles through technology. This paper argues that while Nietzshie's concept of the overman bears some resemblance to transhumanist ideals, his philosophy underpinned by 'Amor Fati' and embracing suffering and overcoming obstacles for growth, would likely not advocate for the total adoption of technological means to overcome humanity. The paper adopts qualitative method and philosophical analysis. Comparing Nietzsche's notion of the overman and the aspirations of transhumanism uncovers certain level of relationship in their shared ideals of transcending human limitations and fundamentally different philosophical foundations.

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“…1 And one can trace this already at the earliest stages of the historical process (see e.g., Carneiro 1970;Claessen and van de Velde 1985;Claessen 2002;Chase-Dunn and Hall 1997;Fried 1967a;1967b;Service 1975;Kremer, 1993;Korotayev 1997Korotayev , 2003а, 2003bKorotayev , 2005Korotayev , 2007Korotayev , 2020aKorotayev , 2020bGrinin 2003Grinin , 2004aGrinin , 2004bGrinin , 2006а, 2007aGrinin , 2011а, 2012b.…”

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Demographic Transformations in the Historical Process in the Light of Technological Development: Theoretical Approach

Grinin,

Grinin

2023

SEH

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The analysis of the demographic component and of the demographic dimension of historical process has unfortunately not been sufficiently studied in the social sciences. The demographic development of humankind is even more rarely studied in its close connection with technological development. However, this is an extremely important aspect that can not only explain essential dimensions of the development, but also provide a basis for explaining current processes and forecasting our futures. Moreover, in many ways, it is an integral aspect of analysis, because it focuses on people, the population, that is the main subject of society and humanity. Accordingly, the changes in demographic parameters (both quantitative and qualitative) have an impact on the entire social system, from technology to ideology as well as on the World System at whole. Population growth is undoubtedly the most important driving force of the development of society. The most important subsystem of society, which constitutes its material basis, combines population and production. The link between demography and production is seemingly obvious, since, on the one hand, production determines population growth opportunities and, on the other hand, population size affects the production and other opportunities of a society. However, this relationship is not so simple and is also non-linear, and in addition, the correlation between the demographic and production components of societies changes significantly over the course of the historical process. It is also not always so easy to explain strong fluctuations and transformations in population dynamics. In the present study, the authors provide an analysis of the demographic development of humankind in its close connection with technological development, including the twenty-first century trends. This work, consisting of two articles, aims to provide a theoretical framework for the correlation between the development of production and technology, on the one hand, and demographic transformations, on the other, during the historical process, and to describe all major demographic transformations during human history. The work describes the historical types of population reproduction (TPR) and the reasons for their change. All this makes it possible to make a forecast about the vectors and main features of the coming demographic transformation in the twenty-first century. This (first) article describes theoretical approaches and models of the connection between production revolutions (Agrarian, Industrial and Cybernetic) and the largest demographic transformations, and also reflects important points influencing on population growth and its limitatio-ns. It is shown that the production revolution and the development of the production principle cycle in general change the type of population reproduction, and together they provide the most powerful impulse for the qualitative reorganization of the entire social structure and social relations and further world-system configurations. The authors conclude that every production revolution is followed by a fundamental change in demography. And vice versa, population growth causes such changes in society and inter-societal relations, communications and diffusion of innovations that it greatly accelerates technological development. However, there are many nuances and external inconsistencies in this correlation that require explanation. The latter are given in the second article, which also makes predictions about future demographic transformations.

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Social Evolution as an Integral Part of Universal Evolution

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Degradative Impacts of Elite Landscapes: Residential Lawns and Golf Courses

Degradative Impacts of Elite Landscapes: Residential Lawns and Golf Courses

Transcending Humanity: Nietzsche’s Notion of the Overman and Transhumanism Ethos

Demographic Transformations in the Historical Process in the Light of Technological Development: Theoretical Approach

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