Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to introduce readers to the Soviet literature on 'the Scientific-Technological Revolution' (STR) to the concept itself, the nature of the problems to which it is addressed, its success in analyzing and elucidating such problems, and its relation to analogous Western literature. It is important to stress that while, in the past twenty years or so, Soviet and East European authors have extensively discussed the relations between scientific-technical and social change, they have yet to develop a comprehensive theory of the STR. Hence we must examine the areas of agreement among Soviet theorists, the major issues in dispute, and the likely future contributions in the field. Two prominent Soviet theorists, introducing a recent collection of essays on the STR, observe:
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