RUSSIAN WORLDVIEWS
By Daryl R. Evans
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Worldviews
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Agricultural Age Worldviews: Collectivist, group identity with people being part of social networks and relationships; Eastern and traditional civilizations.
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Industrial Age Worldviews: Newtonian physics: divide reality up into seperate parts and analyze each part seperately; individual identity; deductive, win-lose, either-or, dualistic thinking; Western civilizations.
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Information Age Worldviews: New physics: dynamic, interpendent, whole systems worldview; unity and diversity within systems and on a global-local levels; win-win. Synergy of Eastern and Western civilizations, and of individual and group needs being met; complex systems require diversity of indepent parts.
Information/Data on Russian Worldviews
Russian worldviews are based on a long history of distrust. Throughout history the Russian lands have been invanded many times. It is due to the vision of history through these glasses that gives the Russian people a reason not to trust outsiders. Russian can be likened to an infant emerging into the world, it has many things to learn. If in the learning process other countries try to take advantage of Russia, problems will develop.
Conclusions on Russia (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Its Worldviews)
Russia is in a state of flux. It's current world views are being shaped by the political turmoil inside the country. It can best be described as a child looking to find it's way in the new world.
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