Russia in the Context of Global Transformations: Capitalism and Communism, Culture and Revolution

In Russia in the Context of Global Transformations (Capitalism and Communism, Culture and Revolution), the authors focus on the dramatic changes in Russia’s socio-economic system over the past hundred years. The contradictions of Russia’s triumphs and tragedies are studied in connection with the shifts in the world economic system.

Basing themselves on the views of the Post-Soviet School of Critical Marxism, the authors show the causes and consequences of the main shifts in Russia’s development during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Topics addressed include the October Revolution, the contradictions of post-revolutionary development, the disintegration of the USSR, the collapse and stagnation during the post-USSR period and the prospects for overcoming contemporary problems.

Aleksandr Buzgalin, Dr. Sc. in Economics (1989), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor of the Faculty of Economics. He has published monographs and numerous articles on the capitalist and socialist economic systems, including Twenty-First-Century Capital (Manchester University Press, 2021, with co-author Andrey Kolganov).

Lyudmila Bulavka-Buzgalina, Dr. Sc. in Philosophy (2007), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor of the Centre for Contemporary Marxist Studies, Faculty of Philosophy. She has published monographs and numerous articles on Soviet culture, including The Phenomenon of Soviet Culture (in Russian, Cultural Revolution, 2008).

Andrey Kolganov, Dr. Sc. in Economics (1990), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Studies of Socio-Economic Systems. Among his recent publications on capitalist and socialist economic systems is Twenty-First-Century Capital (Manchester University Press, 2021, with co-author Aleksandr Buzgalin).