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Igor Sergeev erweist sich als umsichtiger Manager beim Umbau und der Reduzierung der russischen Streitkräfte. Gleichzeitig versucht er deren Effizienz zu optimieren, was allerdings Opfer von den Betroffenen erfordert

An article about the use of the methodology of general systems theory and the theory of self-organization as a methodological basis of scientific interpretation of social reality. The author analyzes the role of ideology and propaganda in the different concepts of interpretation of social reality (social Darwinism, Marxism, etc.). The main conclusion of the paper is the need deideologization scientific knowledge.

Porträtiert wird in vorliegendem Beitrag der stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Russischen Gemeindekongresses, Lebed', seines Zeichens Generalleutnant, der sich durch eine rationale Problem Grundeinstellung, Autoritäts- und Machtbewußtsein auszeichnet. Es werden neben den Lebensdaten vor allem seine politische Tätigkeit in der Dnestrregion und der Konflikt mit dem Verteidigungsminister dargestellt sowie seine Befähigung zu politischer Tätigkeit mit gesamtnationalem Führungsanspruch begründet. Selbst im Westen wurde er als einer der möglichen Kanditaten für das Präsidentenamt angesehen. (BIOst-Rgl)

A comprehensive report on the XX Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry is presented. The most interesting reports are considered, among them are: presentation of Nobel Prize winner Professor D. Shechtman on quasi-periodical crystals; report of Professor S. Dmitriev about completing Mendeleev's Periodic Table of chemical elements with super heavy elements (atomic numbers 113–118); lecture of then RAS President Academician V. Fortov on the behavior of chemical elements under extremal conditions of superhigh pressures where materials basically change their properties; presentation of Professor K. Ganesha on a new generation of peptide nucleic acids analogs capable of selectively binding DNA or RNA molecules; the combined report of Academicians O. Chupakhin and V. Charushin on the intensive entry of the nucleophilic functionalization of C–H bonds into the theory and practice of organic synthesis, and others. Possibilities of cooperation of fundamental science and leading industrial companies are discussed. Significant attention is given to the modern chemical education as well.

This article considers the subject of interdisciplinary interaction among specialists working in exact and social sciences as a practice of exchanging ideas about social reality; mutual adaptation of these ideas; empirical verification of the universal formal logic rules applied to specific tasks of sociological research. Such formulation of the subject goes beyond the problem of adapting educational programs to "literacy classes" for potential partners. It is maintained that in inter-professional communication it is important to formulate conceptual systems of common use not "in general", not for all possible cases, but with regard to the problem addressed by consolidated effort. For such conceptual systems we use the term "common language area" according to the ideas of epistemologists (Ilya Kasavin). Elements of these conceptual systems include paradigms, concepts, tools and procedures mobilized for collaborative work. Readers are offered a description of the experience of cooperation between mathematicians and sociologists in 1990 – 2010s in the qualitative analysis of sociological data — which is an area of concern for both sociology and exact methods. To find a cooperative solution, we needed to develop a system of basic propositions regarding the object and purpose of the research; to put together a structure of sociological data suitable for using the proposed formal tool; to carry out empirical verification of the formalized language of logic-mathematical reasoning. This work has made it possible to explicate the opportunities and limitations when it comes to interpreting results. The article draws conclusions about the specifics of communication in a team of specialists, including sociologists and mathematicians, and about the development of a common language area in the field of cooperation that deals with qualitative analysis of sociological data. Our experience of cooperation in using formalized qualitative analysis of sociological data shows that, when it comes to the need to solve a common problem, partner role relations turned out to be the most effective (rather than role pairs such as "teacher-student" or "seller-buyer").

Demand and supply — categories with a rich history, introduced into scientific circulation 250 years ago, comprehensively investigated from the positions of quantitative analysis. But it turns out that the glossaries of microeconomic textbooks do not give either the definition of demand (there is a reference — see the demand curve) or the units of demand measurement (there are no units of measurement between the price and quantity) and, accordingly, supply
that restricts their practical application. The model of the general economy — the synthesis of the "Capital" of Marx, micro- and macroeconomics — allows us to supplement the quantitative analysis of all market categories with qualitative analysis and, in particular, to define demand and supply through two factors of the commodity–use value and cost. The definition of categories and units of their measurement makes it possible to expand the field of application of theory (the demand for a set of goods and the supply of a set of goods) and formulate an algorithm for their use in business practice.

Modern economic science studies the behavior of an individual making choice in conditions of limited resources, and seeking to satisfy his own interests as a result of this choice. Economics is a social science as it studies the behavior of an individual which involves the interests of other people and communities. Economics is close to natural sciences as it considers the behavior of an individual in a material world of limited resources. Besides, a human being may be considered as a material system in which there are certain biological processes influencing its behavior. The question of how fully can economics use methodological assumptions of natural sciences, is sharply debatable. The author's position is that the cooperation between economics and natural sciences has both objective grounds and objective problems. In any case, economics is not a natural science, and the natural sciences shouldn't have a priority in this dialogue. It is only a new stage in self-reflection of different sciences. The importance of this research is defined by the need of studying the scientific status of economics and the prospects of its development in terms of the subject and methodology.

The article is devoted to analysis of new Marxism as a key methodological
trends of political science research. Historical events of the last century and the
ensuing updated the creative legacy of Marx and contributed to its reconsideration,
which was the enrichment of political science, development of methodology in its area
schools and trends, developing ideas known German scientist.

The article, which is addressed to a wide range of readers, but first of all to University teachers, graduate students and students, outlines a wide range of views on the institution of the state of social scientists of different times and peoples: from ancient thinkers to modern authorities. Discussion of the latest trends in the development of this Institute in the late twentieth and first decades of the XXI century is the subject of the author's research. The article analyzes the futurist ideas about the state related to forecasts of the progress of information technologies, as well as ideas about the dynamics of relations between state power and society. Special sections of the article are devoted to: the evolutionary concept of the state; the challenges that States face in the context of the next technological (fourth industrial) revolution; the discourse on the discrepancy between formal and real citizenship as the reverse side of the extraterritoriality of the state.

The article is devoted to a very interesting methodological paradigm, which has
its own history and the high importance in a number of Social Sciences - Institutional,
which is influenced by social changes and needs in their understanding was further
developed in the form of appearance of new institutional paradigm, actively used in
modern political science knowledge.

The paper examines the conventionalism that arose within the framework of the second positivism in European philosophy at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries, in connection with Russian science and philosophy. Despite its being popular and developed mainly in Western philosophy, we demonstrate that its ideas were also reflected in Russian culture. Moreover, we argue that it was the achievements of Russian mathematicians that influenced the emergence of this direction in European philosophy. To determine the place of conventionalism in Russian culture, the works of such scientists, philosophers and historians of science as A. Poincaré, N.V. Efimov, G.V. Florovsky, P.S. Yushkevich and others were used. The article also provides an overview of their main works and ideas. The analysis also deals with the influence of ideological and political factors on the development of philosophy in the XX century in Russia and the USSR. It is shown that the achievements of Russian mathematicians had a significant influence on the emergence of conventionalism, and the ideas of conventionalism, in turn, were reflected in the concepts of Russian thinkers concerning the philosophy of science and the philosophy of history. Thus, N.I. Lobachevsky can be called a harbinger of mathematical conventionalism, some ideas of P.S. Yushkevich and A.A. Bogdanov can be referred to natural-scientific conventionalism, and some ideas of G.V. Florovsky can be called historical conventionalism. We conclude that Russian science, firstly, was one of the reasons for the emergence of conventionalism in Europe, and secondly, Russian philosophy adopted and applied some of its ideas, in particular, concerning the impossibility of complete knowledge of the world or the relativity of ways of expressing truth, which remain relevant today.