Nikolai B Afanasov
Biographic Data
| ID | 6802069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikolai B Afanasov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikolai B |
| FAMILY NAME | Afanasov |
| SIGNATURE | AFANASOV N B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9183-3849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Between centralized project and network spontaneity
The contemporary world’s normative model of a centralized project of social transformation turns out to be of limited use in the context of the network complexity of society. The number of network interactions, their speed, and the impression of self-sufficiency violate the projective logic of modernity, since they make it impossible to ask a question about the totality of the current state of affairs. The article addresses the transformation of …
How Digitalization Makes the World Flat Again
The article conceptualizes the predication of “digital” in relation to culture. The author believes that defining something as digital naturalizes the ongoing process of the incorporation of digital technologies in a teleological way and contains implicit assumptions that simplify the phenomenon, making it less accessible for philosophical analysis. As a more heuristic approach to modern culture, it is proposed to speak of “digitalization” as an …
Labor at Network Nodes
This article examines the problems of labor in the digital age from the point of view of social philosophy. Conceptualization of the modern digital society related to labor issues is carried out by referring to the network approach. The advantage of this change in theoretical optics is the ability to shift the focus of attention from infinitely diverse digital practices to the systematic organization of social reality. The author begins with an…
Modernity Named after Immanuel Kant. On the Question of Theoretical and Practical Origins of the Project of Modernity
The article discusses the question of the theoretical and practical origins of the project of Modernity in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The theory of reflexive modernity was emerging in the second half of the 20th century. According to its positions, historical development and social transformations derive their energy from resolving emerging contradictions through an appeal to the public reason. Modernity turns out to be a fundamentally mo…
Redefining Freedom. Digital Capitalism and Private Property
The article enquires into the transformations of private property in digital capitalism. The author proposes his interpretation of most obvious and simultaneously less arguable transformations that take place in digital economy. Economy of cooperative use (sharing), precarious employment (gig economy), networkisation, as well as rapid growth of inequality determine digital capitalism in opposition to previous stages of capitalist production and c…
The Reality of Logical Sociology
The article presents research on the reception of Alexander Zinoviev’s (1922–2006) legacy. In his works the thinker called to analyze the existing communist system as the only possible “reality” that was formed in particular historical conditions. From his point of view this approach allowed to understand otherwise ideologically interpreted phenomenon in a more profound way and to come to general conclusion on the nature of social structure. The …
Japanese Popular Culture and Digimodernism
The article addresses the socio-philosophical interpretations of Japanese popular culture. Pointing out the unique position of the latter, the author believes that the experience of a number of successful Japanese projects that have become global phenomena can be used by social and cultural theorists to analyze modernity. The article refers to the genesis of Japanese popular culture in the mid-90s of the XX century, when the most popular part of …
Russian civilizational project facing digital capitalism
The article offers a point of view on the Russian civilizational project from the perspective of comparing the national features of Russia’s development and the global expansion of digital capitalism. The author places the Russian civilizational project in the context of processes that will inevitably have — and already have — the impact on modern Russian society and economy. Digital capitalism is as relevant a phenomenon for Russia as it is for …
The Time-Pressure Paradoxes in the Digital Age
В фокусе рассмотрения настоящей статьи одна из ключевых тем современной социальной философии – свободное время в его связи с цифровым капитализмом. Автор анализирует, как трансформируется свободное время в современности. Цифровые технологии, интенсификация капиталистического производства, диффузия рабочего и личного пространства характеризуют мир современного человека. Цифровые технологии, буквально становясь частью человека, способны полнос…
Messiah in Depression
Ernst Cassirer and Gustav Shpet about Culture
In Search of Lost Modernity
Book Review: Fredric Jameson, Postmodernizm ili kulturnaya logika pozdnego kapitalizma[Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism] (Moscow: Gaidar Institute Publishing House, 2019)
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Messiah in Depression
Ernst Cassirer and Gustav Shpet about Culture
In Search of Lost Modernity
Book Review: Fredric Jameson, Postmodernizm ili kulturnaya logika pozdnego kapitalizma[Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism] (Moscow: Gaidar Institute Publishing House, 2019)
Japanese Popular Culture and Digimodernism
The article addresses the socio-philosophical interpretations of Japanese popular culture. Pointing out the unique position of the latter, the author believes that the experience of a number of successful Japanese projects that have become global phenomena can be used by social and cultural theorists to analyze modernity. The article refers to the genesis of Japanese popular culture in the mid-90s of the XX century, when the most popular part of …
Russian civilizational project facing digital capitalism
The article offers a point of view on the Russian civilizational project from the perspective of comparing the national features of Russia’s development and the global expansion of digital capitalism. The author places the Russian civilizational project in the context of processes that will inevitably have — and already have — the impact on modern Russian society and economy. Digital capitalism is as relevant a phenomenon for Russia as it is for …
The Time-Pressure Paradoxes in the Digital Age
В фокусе рассмотрения настоящей статьи одна из ключевых тем современной социальной философии – свободное время в его связи с цифровым капитализмом. Автор анализирует, как трансформируется свободное время в современности. Цифровые технологии, интенсификация капиталистического производства, диффузия рабочего и личного пространства характеризуют мир современного человека. Цифровые технологии, буквально становясь частью человека, способны полнос…
Redefining Freedom. Digital Capitalism and Private Property
The article enquires into the transformations of private property in digital capitalism. The author proposes his interpretation of most obvious and simultaneously less arguable transformations that take place in digital economy. Economy of cooperative use (sharing), precarious employment (gig economy), networkisation, as well as rapid growth of inequality determine digital capitalism in opposition to previous stages of capitalist production and c…
The Reality of Logical Sociology
The article presents research on the reception of Alexander Zinoviev’s (1922–2006) legacy. In his works the thinker called to analyze the existing communist system as the only possible “reality” that was formed in particular historical conditions. From his point of view this approach allowed to understand otherwise ideologically interpreted phenomenon in a more profound way and to come to general conclusion on the nature of social structure. The …
Modernity Named after Immanuel Kant. On the Question of Theoretical and Practical Origins of the Project of Modernity
The article discusses the question of the theoretical and practical origins of the project of Modernity in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The theory of reflexive modernity was emerging in the second half of the 20th century. According to its positions, historical development and social transformations derive their energy from resolving emerging contradictions through an appeal to the public reason. Modernity turns out to be a fundamentally mo…
How Digitalization Makes the World Flat Again
The article conceptualizes the predication of “digital” in relation to culture. The author believes that defining something as digital naturalizes the ongoing process of the incorporation of digital technologies in a teleological way and contains implicit assumptions that simplify the phenomenon, making it less accessible for philosophical analysis. As a more heuristic approach to modern culture, it is proposed to speak of “digitalization” as an …
Labor at Network Nodes
This article examines the problems of labor in the digital age from the point of view of social philosophy. Conceptualization of the modern digital society related to labor issues is carried out by referring to the network approach. The advantage of this change in theoretical optics is the ability to shift the focus of attention from infinitely diverse digital practices to the systematic organization of social reality. The author begins with an…
Between centralized project and network spontaneity
The contemporary world’s normative model of a centralized project of social transformation turns out to be of limited use in the context of the network complexity of society. The number of network interactions, their speed, and the impression of self-sufficiency violate the projective logic of modernity, since they make it impossible to ask a question about the totality of the current state of affairs. The article addresses the transformation of …
Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia (6 works) · Modernity (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Capitalism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works)