Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: The Impact of Science and Technology on Soviet Politics and Society 1
5. PART ONE. Communications and Computers
6. 1. New Communications Technologies and Civil Society 19
7. 2. Information Technologies and the Citizen: Toward a “Soviet-Style Information Society”? 51
8. PART TWO. Biology
9. 3. Prometheus Rechained: Ecology and Conservation 71
10. 4. The Soviet Nature-Nurture Debate 94
11. PART THREE. Engineering and Big Technology
12. 5. Engineers: The Rise and Decline of a Social Myth 141
13. 6. Rockets, Reactors, and Soviet Culture 168
14. PART FOUR. Philosophy of Science and Technology
15. 7. Biomedical Ethics 195
16. 8. Fact, Value, and Science 225
17. PART FIVE. Literature and Art
18. 9. The Changing Image of Science and Technology in Soviet Literature 259
19. 10. World Outlook and Inner Fears in Soviet Science Fiction 299
20. 11. Bridging the Two Cultures: The Emergence of Scientific Prose 325
21. 12. The Response to Science and Technology in the Visual Arts 341
22. Notes Contributors Index
23. Notes 361
24. Contributors 429
25. Index 431