Nikolai S. ROZOV | Institute of Philosophy and Law SB RAS

Professor of Philosophy (PhD., Dr.Sc.)

- Chief researcher of the Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science,
- Head of the Department for Social Philosophy and Political Science in Novosibirsk State University,
- Professor of the Department for International Affairs and Regional Studies in Novosibirsk State Technical University.

E-mail: nrozov [at] gmail.com (nrozov[at]gmail[dot]com)
Web-site: www.nsu.ru/filf/rozov/rozov-eng.htm

Education

1995 fellowship in the Fernand Braudel Center (Univ. of New York at Binghamton) under the supervision of Prof. Immanuel Wallerstein
1986-1989 fellowship in Philosophy and Social Sciences in the Institute of Philosophy and Law (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
1983 graduated from the Moscow State University (the Department of Psychology)

Academic degrees

1993 Post Doctorate (Doctor of Philosophical Sciences), Social Philosophy, Moscow State University, dissertation: "The Value Foundations of Humanities in the Modern World"
1989 Ph.D. (Kandidate of Sciences), Social Philosophy, Tomsk State University, dissertation "The Methodological Analysis of Modelling of SocioculturalObjects"
1983 M.A., Psychology, Moscow State University (under the supervision of academician Vasiliy V. Davydov)

Academic experience

Since 2002 Leading researcher and now Chief researcher of the Institute of Philosophy and Law , Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Since 1987 assistant professor, full professor and now Head of the Department for Social Philosophy and Political Science in Novosibirsk State University ;
Since 2003 Professor of the Department for International Relations and Area Studies, Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU);
1998 - 2002 Organizer and Coordinator of the network "Macrohistorical Dynamics" in Social Science History Association (SSHA) ;
1995 Visiting Research Associate in Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations (director Prof. Immanuel Wallerstein), Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA.

Research interests

Historical macrosociology, philosophy of history, social evolution, origin of language and consciousness, revolutionary dynamics, comparative politics, regime transformation, geopolitics, causes of wars, philosophy and methodology of social and historical sciences, theory of values, contemporary humanism.

Selected publications

Monographs (in Russian)

Proiskhojdenie yazyka i soznania [The Origin of Language and Consciousness]. Novosibirsk: Manuscript, 2022, 355 p.
Filosofia i teoria istorii. Kniga 2. Printsipy, dinamika i smysl revoliutsiy [Philosophy and Theory of History. Book 2: Principles, Dynamics, and the Meaning of Revolutions]. Moscow: URSS, 2019, 336 p.
Idei i intellektualy v potoke istorii: makrosotsiologia filosofii, nauki i obrazovania [Ideas and Intellectuals in the Stream of History: the Macrosociology of Philosophy, Science, and Education]. Novosibirsk, Manuscript, 2016. 340 p.
Koleya i pereval: makrosotsiologicheskie osnovania strategiy rossii v 21 veke [The Path and the Pass: Macrosociological Foundations of Russia’s Strategies in the 21 century]. Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2011. 745 p.
Istoricheskaya makrosotsiologiya: metodologia i metody [Historical Macrosociology: Methodology and Methods]. Textbook. Novosibirsk: Novosibirsk State University, 2009. 412 p.
Filosofia i teoria iistorii [Philosophy and Theory of History. Book 1. Prolegomena]. Moscow: Logos, 2002. 655 p.
Tsennosti v problemnom mire: filosofskie osnovania i sotsialnye prilozhenia konstruktivnoi aksiologii [Values in Problematic World: Philosophical Foundations and Social Applications of Constructive Axiology], Novosibirsk: Novosibirsk State University, 1998, 450 p. (English Summary 30 p.)
Filosofiya gumanitarnogo obrazovaniya [The Philosophy of Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education]. Research Center for Specialists' Education, Moscow, 1993, 195p.
Struktura tsivilizatsii i tendentsii mirovogo razvitiya [The Structure of Civilization and World Development Trends]. Novosibirsk St.Univ., Novosibirsk, 1992, 215 p. English Summary (3 p.)
Kultura, tsennosti i razvitiye obrazovaniya [Culture, Values and Development of Education]. Research Center for Specialists' Education Moscow, 1992, 154 p.

Editor

Rozov N. S., Yu. A. Pustovoit, S. I. Filippov, V. V. Tsygankov. Revoliutsionnye volny v ritmakh global’noi modernizatii [Revolutionary Waves in the Rhythms of Global Modernization]. Moscow:URSS, 2019. 408 p.
Makrodinamika. Zakonomernosti geopoliticheskih, socialnih i kulturnih izmeneniy [Macrodynamics: Patterns of Geopolitical, Social, and Cultural Change]. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 2002. 467 p.
Razrabotka i aprobatsia metoda teoreticheskoi istorii [Development and Testing of the Theoretical History Method]. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 2001. 503 p.
Voina i Geopolitika [War and Geopolitics]. The 3-d issue of The Almanac "Vremia Mira", 2003.
Struktury Istorii [Structures of History]. The 2-d issue The Almanac "Vremia Mira" (Editor). The 2-st issue., Novosibirsk, 2001.
Vremya Mira [Almanac "The Time World"]. The 1-st issue. The Historical Macrosociology in the 20-th Century, Novosibirsk, 1998, Sec.edition 2000.

Papers in English and Russian on Academia.Edu

Papers in English

The Language Origin Paradigms: Conceptual Typologies, Results Accumulation, and Theoretical Perspectives. Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy, 2022, 6(1), pp. 21-38.
Typology and Principles of Dynamics of Revolutionary Waves in World History. In: Handbook of Revolutions in the 21st Century. The New Waves of Revolutions, and the Causes and Effects of Disruptive Political Change. (Ed. by Goldstone, J.A., Grinin, L., Korotayev A.). Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022, pp. 241–264.
The Strangeness and Origins of Human Sexuality. In: Human Sexuality (Ed. by Dhastagir Sultan Sheriff). Intechopen, 2022.
The Cyclical Dynamics in Russian History. Russian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century. Brill, 2020. P.335-355.
Cycles of Russian History: the Inner Driver and Actual Political Dynamics. Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy(OJSP), 2018, 2(1), pp. 19-34.
Acceleration of History: The conceptual Framework for Causal Analysis. In: Acceleration of History: War, Conflict, and Politics. (Ed. by Alexios Alecou). Lexington books, 2016.
The Large Second World and the Necessary Shifts in Research Approaches in Macrosocial Dynamics. In: After the Soviet Empire. Legacies and Pathways. Linz and Boston: Brill, 2016, pp. 184-199,
The Strategy of the New Principal. Russian Politics and Law, 2013, 51 (4), pp. 85-101.
The Circumscription Theory by Robert Carneiro in the Socio-Ontological and Macrosociological Context. Social Evolution & History. 2012, 11(2), pp. 86-91.
The Specific Nature of "Russian State Power": Its Mental Structures, Ritual Practices, and Institutions. Russian Politics and Law. 2012, 50(1), pp. 36-53.
Geoeconomics, and Geoculture: The Interrelation Geopolitics of Dynamic Spheres in the History of Russia. Sociological Research, 2012, 51(4), pp.67 – 90.
The Meaning of History as a Trial for Humanity: Philosophical Foundations for a Global Multilevel Legal and Judicial System. Problems of Contemporary World Futurology. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011, pp. 50-75.
Modeling of Cyclical Dynamics of Russian History: Strategies of Actors and Interaction of Variables. Mathematical modeling of social and economic dynamics. MMSED-2010. Moscow, June 23-25 2010. Мoscow: URSS, 2010. pp. 276-281 (with Sergei Tsirel).
The Historical Macrosociology: Formation, Fundamental Areas of Research, and Types of Methods. Sociology: History, Theory, and Practices. Vol.10. Bridging the World Togeather. Moscow. Institute of Socio-Political Research. RAS. 2009, pp. 24-35.
Not a Curse but a Challenge. Problems of Economic Transition. 2008 Vol.49, No 9. P.75-82.
The Change of Non-Change: Evolution of Human Regimes and the Structure of World History. Alternatives of Social Evolution, Vladivostok: FEB RAS, 2000, pp.59-79.
The Apologia for Theoretical History. History and Theory, 36, October 1997, pp. 336-352.
Where the World Capitalism is Going? Futures Bulletin, 1997, 23(1), World Futures Studies Federation, Brisbaine Australia.
Constructive Axiology and Intellectual Culture of the Future, in: Studia Humanistica, 1990, 2, Prague, Institute for Philosophy.

English abstracts of Russian papers

2017	Rozov N.S. Crises and Revolutions: Fields of Interaction, Actors’ Strategies, and Trajectories of Conflict Dynamics. – Polis. Political Studies. 2017. No 6. P. 92-108 The concept of conflict dynamics and the main "forks" of the February Revolution. In: Tomsk State University Journal, 2017. no 421. Overcome stagnation of university education: from bureaucratic control to competition of quality. In: Alma Mater, 2017, no 9. Dynamics of trust and alienation during socio-political crisis // Siberian Journal of Philosophy, 2017. vol.15. no 1. P.70-82. The Mechanisms of Cycles in Politics and Economics: The General Model .In:. Obschestvennye nauki i sovremennost’, 2017 № 2 Conceptualization of the Link Structure/Agency. In: Filosofiya i Obschestvo. 2017, no 1. P.29-47.
2016	Geopolitics as Science: Can Not be Canceled or Developed In: Politeia, 2016, no 3, p. 130-148. Russian philosophy in the turns of history: is this peripheralism fatal? In: Filosofiya i Obschestvo. 2016, no 3 (80). P. 96-115. Revolutionary waves in world history: dynamic models of growth and extinction // ECO, 2016, no 10,. P.78-95.
2013	Foundations of Multilevel Legal Regulation of the Future World Order // Credo New, 2013, no 2. P.252-276
2011	Russian Mentality: Criticism of the Most Constructive Concepts In: Mir Rossii, 2011,No 1
2010	Rituals, Institutions, and Resources: the Bases for Transformation of Mentality In: Tsennosti i Smysly, 2010 №5 (8), P.50-67. On Russian History and Mentality: The Dynamic Concept of Mentality and Variable Diversity of Russian Habituses In: Ideyi i Idealy, 2010, Vol.1, No 1(3) Against the Attributive Reductionism: Irreducibility of Epistemic Rationality and Incommensurability of Values In: Credo New, 2010, №1. P.66-109.
2009	Global Crisis in the Context of World Development Megatrends and Prospects of the Russian Policy In: POLIS, 2009, №3. P. 34-46.
2008	Meanings of History as Permanent Self-Tests of Groups and Societies: Philosophy and Social Sciences Versus Ideology. Report for the XXII World Congress of Philosophy , Seoul, June 28 – July 5, 2008.
2007	The Sociological Abolition of Philosophy: A Challenge for Meditation and Response Social Philosophy — Is it a Dogma or a Weapon Against Dogmatism? (The Question of One or Many Factors of Historical Dynamics). In: Gumanitarnyenauki в Sibiri, 2007.
2002	The Nature of War: the Macrosociological Analysis of Essence and Reasons of a Mass Organized Violence. In: Macrodynamics . Novosibirsk, Nauka, 2002.

Editorial boards membership

Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution
Journal of Globalization Studies
Politia
Philosophy and Society
Ideas and Ideals
Siberian Philosophical Journal
Chelovek
Kulturnyj kod
Humanitarian vector
The Digital Scholar: Philosopher's Lab
Social Evolution & History

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