Man in a Changing Social Reality: Alexander Bogdanov on the Historical Process.

BOGDANOV, A. (Aleksandr), 1873-1928; SOCIAL history; SOCIAL development; COMMUNITIES; SOCIALISM

The article analyzes Alexander Bogdanov's systemic approach to historical process. Society is portrayed in development—like a living creature that evolves in response to the challenges of its environment. The adaptation of community—and of man as part of it—is expressed as a sum of relations: social, economic, cultural, and political. The author demonstrates that industrial relations and labor are the factors which define man's level of development and produce new forms of social consciousness and culture. The article concludes that harmonious, well-balanced development of the system called "society" depends on conscious efforts of its members sharing a community of vision, goal, and labor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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