PHILOSOPHY OF GLOBALIZATION LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY THE FACULTY OF GLOBAL PROCESSES A. N. Chumakov PHILOSOPHY OF GLOBALIZATION Selected articles rd revised and expanded edition Moscow University Press • УДК . ББК .:. Ч- Chumakov, A. N. Ч- Philosophy of Globalization. Selected articles / A. N. Chuma- kov. — rd rev. and expand. ed. — Moscow : Moscow University Press, . — , [] p. ISBN ---- This volume is the rd revised and expanded edition of the book by a prominent Russian philosopher Professor Alexander N. Chumakov. For many years he has been researching the global problems of modernity and globalization processes. The volume includes selected articles and presentations at international congress- es and conferences, as well as tables of contents and resumes of the three mono- graphs by Chumakov, which presents the author’s concept of globalization theory. The volume is intended for English-speaking scholars, professionals, students and a broader reader, for everyone interested in the issues of modern globalization, its origins and various consequences of it. УДК .1 ББК .:. © Chumakov A. N., ISBN ---- © Moscow University Press, CONTENTS TO THE THIRD EDITION From the Author . 8 Ilya Ilyin. Contemporary World in the Mirror of Philosophy of Globalization . 9 Luca Scarantino. Foreword to the 3rd Edition . 11 Evandro Agazzi. Globalization as a Historical Phenomenon and Philosophical Problem . 12 Tomás Calvo-Martínez. Word to the Reader of the 3rd Edition . 15 Glen T. Martin. Preface to the 3rd Edition “Philosophy of Globalization” . 16 Thomas Clough Daffern. Opening Words to the 3nd Edition of the Book . 19 K. Victor Babu. About a new edition of a valuable book . 23 Werner Busch. Word to the Reader of the 3rd Edition . 24 Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison. The New Role of Global Values in the 21st Century . 26 TO THE SECOND EDITION Ioanna Kuçuradi. Opening Words to the 2nd Edition of the Book . 28 Ervin Laszlo. Preface to the 2nd Edition of the Book . 29 TO THE FIRST EDITION Roland Robertson. Introduction . 31 An Qinian. Foreword . 34 William McBride. Opening Address . 36 William C. Gay. The Philosophical Research of A . Chumakov . 37 Igor I. Abylgaziev, Ilya V. Iliin. Word to the Reader . 40 5 CONTENTS ARTICLES On the Subject and Boundaries of Global Studies . 45 Recognizing Globalization . 61 Globalization as a Natural Historical Process . 79 An Anthropological Dimension of Globalization . 84 Dialog and Conflict of Cultures in the Global World . 92 On the Way to a Global Society . 106 The Challenge of Globalization and Philosophical Responsibility for the World Future . 114 China in the World System of Coordinates . 118 Globalization of the World and its Consequences: Russian Vision . 138 Philosophy as an Indicator of the Openness of Society: Russian Context . 151 Human Values: the Key to Solving Global Problems . 168 Globalization and Cosmopolitanism in the Context of Modernity . 173 Philosophy as the Method of Achievement of the Worthy Future . 185 Global World: a Problem of Governance . 197 Globalization Studies . 218 Cultural and Civilizational Fractures of the Global World . 222 Concerning Human Understanding: Problems of Language in a Global World . 239 Digitalization and Globalization . 250 The Coming Demographic Avalanche: on the Threshold of the Great Resettlement of Peoples . 266 Articles from Global Studies Encyclopedia . 290 APPENDIX Alexander N. Chumakov. Globalization . Outline of the Holistic World . 3rd edition (Moscow, Prospect, 2017) . 313 6 CONTENTS Alexander N. Chumakov. Metaphysics of Globalization: Cultural-Cum-Civilizational Context . 2nd edition . (Moscow: Prospekt, 2017) . 319 Alexander N. Chumakov. Global World: Clash of Interesting . (Moscow: Prospekt, 2018) . 325 Yuri Mikhailov. Book review (Symposion: a Jurnal of Russian Thought) . 348 Chumakov A. N. The Globalized World from the Philosophical Point of View . 352 The Global Studies Dictionary . 355 Global Studies Encyclopedic Dictionary . 357 Global Studies Directory: People, Organizations, Publications . 358 Chumakov, A . N ., and Gay, W . C . (eds), Between Past Orthodoxies and the Future of Globalization: Contemporary Philosophical Problems . 360 “Age of Globalization” journal . 361 Endre Kiss. Afterword . 363 Mikhail Y. Sergeev. Alexander N . Chumakov . Short Biography . 365 TO THE THIRD EDITION From the Author Everyone who is familiar with the first and second editions of this book will easily see the fundamental difference between the third edition and the two previous ones . Nevertheless, I would like to say a few words about the reasons for the appearance of this publication . The contemporary world is changing rapidly and dynamically . At the same time, the increasing impact of globalization on almost all spheres of social life becomes more evident . This is manifested, first of all, through intensified contradictions in the international arena, where, in the absence of global ethics and global law, many international actors use all possible means to achieve their goals . This poses a serious threat to the world security and to the sus- tainable development of the world community . Hence, there is at the moment a persistent attention to global processes and pros- pects of social development in the context of multidimensional globalization . Publishing the third, revised and expanded, edition of the book in English primarily intends to acquaint the English-speaking reader with some philosophical research in the field of global studies, carried out in Russia, particularly, in recent years . There are several reasons behind publishing this new version of the book . First, its two previous editions (2010, 2015) have found their reader, and are completely sold out . Second, serious changes have taken place in the world over the past few years . These changes are reflected in the increasing contradictions and tensions in international relations . As a re- sult, we have again entered the state of a new cold war . These issues are vividly debated in contemporary global studies; the debates have already been reflected in many publications by both 8 TO THE THIRD EDITION Russian and foreign researchers, including the author of this book . Finally, having published the second edition of the collection of selected articles (2015), I completed my multiannual work on the trilogy dedicated to the theory of globalization, and released (in 2018) the third — final — volume dedicated to the clash of interests in the global world . Within that period I had also been written several key articles on the topical issues of contemporary globalization, and had edited several reference books and collec- tive volumes, which reflected the latest trends in understanding the contemporary global world . All these circumstances were taken into consideration while preparing the publication of this edition that includes some of the above-mentioned new works, as well as informs about the new reference books published under my edition . Presenting the third edition of my book to a wide audience, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my friends and colleagues, with whom I had the privilege to collaborate for many years in the new interdisciplinary field of philosophy and science — global studies . And finally, I would like to cordially thank the outstanding philosophers and scientists who, despite their busy lives, have taken the time and attention to express their attitude to all three editions of this book in their introductory remarks and prefaces . Moscow, January 2020 Alexander N. Chumakov Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Faculty of Global Processes, Lomonosov Moscow State University Contemporary World in the Mirror of Philosophy of Globalization Today the understanding of globalization processes is more urgent than ever . The unifying world is changing its goals and values, creating a situation of uncertainty in the solution of many questions that seemed traditional yesterday . In this regard, the 9 TO THE THIRD EDITION third edition of the book on the philosophy of globalization is very timely and meets the pressing needs of our time . The phi- losophy of globalization, as a mirror, reflects both positive and negative consequences of those global processes that today have threatened the existence of humanity . The author of the book is an outstanding Russian philosopher, recognized by the world scientific community as an authority in the field of globalistics, ascetic and educator Alexander Niko- layevich Chumakov . Included in the first cohort of Russian re- searchers of global problems, today he is a leader in the study of globalization . His works have been translated into many languag- es, he is a visiting professor at many universities in the world, his name appears in the editorial boards of many authoritative jour- nals, he is the founder of the journal “The Age of Globalization”, the creator of the interdisciplinary seminar “Actual Problems of Globalistics”, the initiator and main organizer of the publica- tion of encyclopedias “Globalistics“ etc . Alexander Nikolayevich Chumakov — Professor of the Faculty of Global Processes, Lo- monosov Moscow State University . His lectures are very useful for students and graduate students, his advice is important for colleagues . The third edition of the Philosophy of Globalization is a kind of indicator of the demand for the work of Alexander Ni- kolayevich Chumakov, including at the international level . It is very important for the modern reader to find a reliable guidance in the stormy