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Title Technology and society: ideological implications of information and computer technologies in the Soviet Union
Creator/Author Weigle, M.A.
Publication Date1988 Jan 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 6268330
Resource TypeThesis/Dissertation
Resource RelationThesis (Ph. D.)
Research OrgNotre Dame Univ., IN (USA)
Subject290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research, Development, Demonstration, & Commercialization ;290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology; COMPUTERS-- TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS;INFORMATION SYSTEMS-- TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS;TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS-- SOCIAL IMPACT;USSR-- COMPUTERS;USSR-- INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POLITICAL ASPECTS
Related SubjectASIA;EASTERN EUROPE;EUROPE;INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
Description/Abstract This study examines the impact of technology on the USSR`s social system from the perspective of Soviet ideological development.^The analysis of information and computer technologies within this framework de-emphasizes both modernization theories and those that assume unchallenged Communist Party control over technological development.^Previous studies have examined the level of Soviet technological achievements and the gap between this level and those in the West, many referring to ideological boundaries of Soviet technological development without, however, systematically analyzing the resulting implications for the Soviet ideology of Marxism-Leninism.^This study develops a framework for analyzing the impact of new technologies in the USSR in the fields of technology, ideology, and the scientific and technological revolution.^On the basis of this framework, examination turns to the relevant Soviet theoretical and technical literature and debates among Soviety elites, concluding that the introduction of information and computer technologies and the organization of computer networks has exacerbated tensions in Soviety Marxism-Leninism.
PublisherUniv. of Notre Dame,Notre Dame, IN
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 457
AvailabilityUniversity Microfilms Order No. 88-15,182.
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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