State power and engineering and technical intelligentsia in the period of the USSR and in the years of modern Russia: from confrontation to cooperation

  • Zhan T. Toshchenko Russian State University for the Humanities, 6 Miusskaya Square, Moscow 125993, Russia; Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 24/35 Krzhizhanovskogo Street, 5 building, Moscow 117218, Russia

Abstract

The author traces the complex and contradictory process of formation of the engineering and technical intelligentsia during the USSR period. The interaction of this social group and the state authorities in Soviet times and in the years of modern Russia is analysed. It shows how the transition took place from the contradictory relations of state power and engineering and technical intelligentsia to their cooperation. The process of formation of the new Soviet intelligentsia is investigated. Attention is focused on the policy of the Soviet authorities in relation to this social group, as well as the changes taking place in the consciousness and behaviour of its representatives. Attempts at cooperation of the engineering and technical intelligentsia and the state authorities are analysed, as well as mistakes and miscalculations in their relationship. Conclusions are drawn about the role of technical specialists in the economy of modern Russia.

Author Biography

Zhan T. Toshchenko, Russian State University for the Humanities, 6 Miusskaya Square, Moscow 125993, Russia; Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 24/35 Krzhizhanovskogo Street, 5 building, Moscow 117218, Russia

doctor of science (philosophy),corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, full professor; head of the department of theory and history of sociology, faculty of sociology, Russian State University for the Humanities, and chief researcher, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Published
2024-12-10
Keywords: engineering intellectuals, social contract, state, political power, forms of interaction
Supporting Agencies The study was conducted with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (grant No. 23-18-00093).
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Toshchenko, Z. T. (2024). State power and engineering and technical intelligentsia in the period of the USSR and in the years of modern Russia: from confrontation to cooperation. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 4, 6-21. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/6637
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