The purpose of the article is analysis causes systemic crisis that hit modern civilization through description its main structures, identifying relationship between elements, assessments their heuristic potential. This will open up opportunities for finding ways to resolve this crisis, new directions civilizational development. Theoretical basis research are systems analysis, socio-philosophica...

This article approaches the topic of civilizations and economies through a discussion of two key texts that appeared during the first wave of interest among social scientists for the phenomenon of civilization: ‘Note on the Notion of Civilization’ ([1913] 1998) by Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss, and ‘Author’s Introduction’ ([1920a] 1930) by Max Weber. Durkheim and Mauss were of the opinion tha...

This paper will examine the cultural paradox of modern Japan, focusing on the views of civilization and Otherness during the period of the Great Japanese Empire (1868-1945). I will look at modern Japanese views of civilization and how these views reflected modern Japan’s perceptions of its major Others: the West, China and the South Seas.2 The reason I write in terms of the “paradox” of modern ...

The link between Islam and terrorism became a central media concern following September 11, resulting in new rounds of "culture talk. This talk has turned religious experience into a political category, differentiating 'good Muslims" from "bad Muslims, rather than terrorists from civilians. The implication is undisguised: Whether in Afghanistan, Palestine, or Pakistan, Islam must be quarantined...

We are developing the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) an open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform that allows for the easy, DIY (Do It Yourself) fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts.

Urban traffic control of modern cities, especially at intersections, has always been a crucial aspect of human civilization. In fact, the phenomenon of traffic congestion has become predominant due to the rapid increase in the number of vehicles and in the transportation demand. Especially over the last decade, traffic congestions have attracted great attention because of the worldwide energy c...

Atherosclerosis is not a disease unique to modern civilization. Mummies from 1500 BC showed evidence of atherosclerotic lesions, yet of understanding of this complex process is still evolving. Advances in our understanding of atherogenesis and processes that lead to plaque rupture – the pathophysiologic hallmark of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), allow for more precise identifi cation, risk str...