The monograph is devoted to the problems of origins, development and present condition of statehood. It also provides forecasts of political development in the coming decades. The book presents a new approach to the causes and models of the emergence of state and competing with it political forms (early state analogues) and new models of state evolution. Today in full swing are the processes of states nature and functions change and countries integration into supranational communities. In the last chapter there are explained reasons of the inexplicable, at first glance,...
The monograph is devoted to the problems of origins, development and present condition of statehood. It also provides forecasts of political develo...
This book explores the global technological transformations that have shaped development of society for eons, from the emergence of Homo sapiens to the modern day. Looking at a potential future for all of this century and the beginning of the next, the book explores how society is changing as a result of the two most powerful trends: technological advances and global aging. It studies the forthcoming technological wave – the Cybernetic Revolution, which will encompass AI, medical technology and biotechnology, robotics, cognitive, nanotechnology etc. In turn, it shows why and how global...
This book explores the global technological transformations that have shaped development of society for eons, from the emergence of Homo sapiens to...