Abstract
The relevance of the problem is related to the need for a theoretical understanding of the challenges to human development in connection with the transition to post-industrial development and the knowledge economy, with the introduction of new tech-nologies and with Russia’s search for a path to the future. In these conditions, the transfor-mation of a person inevitably takes place. It is expressed in personal modernization associat-ed with the interaction with the social insti-tutions of modernity, among which capitalism is dominant. The paper shows that the trans-formation of a person of new modernity (turn of the 20th–21st centuries) is associated with a change in the nature of labor and with the demand for a new type of worker, whose po-tential is focused on creativity, innovation and the development of human capital. It is noted that the impact of the latest technologies (digital and biotechnologies) has ambivalent trends. With the growing demand for special-ists of a high level human capital in the field of knowledge (cognitariat), the replacement of labor with technologies leads to the emergence of a precariat and to a change in the middle class status. These processes affecting human potential are taking place in the con-text of growing inequality around the world. The author comes to the conclusion that in the world, under the influence of the latest technologies and geopolitical processes, a tendency to disciplinary capitalism is forming. The freedom space of human development is narrowing, and discipline, supervision and manipulation of human consciousness with the help of technology are intensifying. At the same time, social inequality is a catalyst for limiting opportunities for human development. The emergence of problems in the Rus-sian civilizational development requires economic and political measures to stop negative trends. Such measures should be adequate to the challenges and rely on the national culture, the mentality of Russians, the social state and sovereignty.
Published Version
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call