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Although enormous industrial advances were made in the USSR, the country still lagged behind the West in the post-industrial age. What the Soviets could not build or manufacture, they had to get from the West. The final outcome was a culture developed in which there was no regard for consumerism and no respect for the environment. The author traces the development of the Soviet malaise, but warns that a future authoritarian regime could still revive the technological race. Conversely, he also replies to the academic debate on the excesses of modern technology in the West, with a sharp criticism of feminist and post-modernist perspectives.
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments The Importance of Science and Technology in Soviet Society Cloak and Dagger The Politics of Computers Strategic Minerals and Energy Space Technology: Was it Really a Success Story? The Economic Fallout The Ecological Fallout Epilogue: Utopias and Anti-Utopias in Postmodernist Times Glossary Selected Bibliography Index
