Abstract
The analysis of the views and concepts of A. Zinoviev and A. Kazantsev reveals a number of similarities and common points in their opinions on the key issues of civilizational development. Both thinkers researched the problem of the optimal path of political and ideological development for humanity. The key issue they raised was the essence of the social opposition “collectivism – individualism”. A.A. Zinoviev introduced the sociological concepts of the simple communal individual and complex communal individuals, thus comparing the state with the cellular structure of an organism. A similar view of “social cytology” was demonstrated by the science fi ction author A. Kazantsev. Collectivism was the basis of social justice for both of them. One of the key ideas in the books of A. Zinoviev and A. Kazantsev was the clash between West and East. Both thinkers tried to describe a comprehensive project of the future civilization. The futuristic vision of A. Kazantsev was based on the combination of humanism,technology and communism, while A. Zinoviev denied technocracy as an element of an effi cient society, but recognized the role of maintaining communalism and social justice.
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