Andrew Savchenko
Biographic Data
| ID | 329551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Savchenko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Savchenko |
| SIGNATURE | SAVCHENKO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhode Island School of Design |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The mystery of 'historical specificity' or how Geoffrey Hodgson misrepresented Talcott Parsons' life and theory
In this study we analyze Geoffrey Hodgson's discussion of Talcott Parsons in which Hodgson presents Parsons as a little petty bourgeois, feebleminded and insecure yet opportunistic to the core. Indeed, Hodgson does his utmost to belittle Parsons' theoretical creativity and cultivation. Hodgson's attempt to discredit Parsons is a part of his project to 'rehabilitate' the German historical school and the institutionalist tradition. We argue that Ho…
Belarus - A Perpetual Borderland
Belarus is known as "the last dictatorship of Europe", yet its president enjoys public support. Its economy remains largely Soviet, yet exhibits high growth rates. Belarus styles itself as a European country yet clings to Russia as the only ally. The book explains these paradoxes by delving into history of Belarusian national institutions, including civil society, and the state. The book starts with an analysis of Belarusian national development …
Constructing a World Fit for Marxism
World system theory, founded and developed by Immanuel Wallerstein, continues Marx's original vision of modern economy as a zero-sum game based on exploitation. Ignoring convincing criticism of Marx's economics, Wallerstein broadens spatial confines of the applicability of Marxist economics to include the whole world. Imaginatively combining Marxist and postmodernist frames of reference, Wallerstein constructs a future economic and social system …
Economics and Utopia
Toward Capitalism or Away from Russia
While at the start of systemic economic transformations in Eastern Europe, both indigenous reformers and Western observers tended to interpret the events as a rationally conceived and executed replacement of an economic system of inferior performance by another one whose superiority was proven, the developments that followed the disintegration of the Soviet polity did not support this view. Shortly after the former Soviet republics gained indepen…
Toward Capitalism or Away from Russia
While at the start of systemic economic transformations in Eastern Europe, both indigenous reformers and Western observers tended to interpret the events as a rationally conceived and executed replacement of an economic system of inferior performance by another one whose superiority was proven, the developments that followed the disintegration of the Soviet polity did not support this view. Shortly after the former Soviet republics gained indepen…
Economics and Utopia
Constructing a World Fit for Marxism
World system theory, founded and developed by Immanuel Wallerstein, continues Marx's original vision of modern economy as a zero-sum game based on exploitation. Ignoring convincing criticism of Marx's economics, Wallerstein broadens spatial confines of the applicability of Marxist economics to include the whole world. Imaginatively combining Marxist and postmodernist frames of reference, Wallerstein constructs a future economic and social system …
Belarus - A Perpetual Borderland
Belarus is known as "the last dictatorship of Europe", yet its president enjoys public support. Its economy remains largely Soviet, yet exhibits high growth rates. Belarus styles itself as a European country yet clings to Russia as the only ally. The book explains these paradoxes by delving into history of Belarusian national institutions, including civil society, and the state. The book starts with an analysis of Belarusian national development …
The mystery of 'historical specificity' or how Geoffrey Hodgson misrepresented Talcott Parsons' life and theory
In this study we analyze Geoffrey Hodgson's discussion of Talcott Parsons in which Hodgson presents Parsons as a little petty bourgeois, feebleminded and insecure yet opportunistic to the core. Indeed, Hodgson does his utmost to belittle Parsons' theoretical creativity and cultivation. Hodgson's attempt to discredit Parsons is a part of his project to 'rehabilitate' the German historical school and the institutionalist tradition. We argue that Ho…
Law (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)