Developed Socialist Society Research Articles

The Influence of the Social Division of Labor on the Formation of the Comprehensively Developed Man

Material and nonmaterial cultural values are an objective reality of the social division of labor, the embodiment of its qualitatively different types corresponding to different human needs. For this reason, the question of forming the comprehensively developed man in communist society is also a question of the social division of labor. The conditions of labor in developed socialist society are a result of the worldwide historical development of social practice, the subject of which is not the individual but rather the creativity of the masses, combined social labor. In this regard, the social division of labor itself, in the process of development toward communism, should be viewed not simply as a condition for the production of items the nature of whose consumption differs, but primarily as the production of the individuals themselves — their abilities and endowments for creative, socially useful labor.

Urgent Problems in the Formation of the New Man

In recent years our country's scientists have shown significantly greater interest in the elaboration of fundamental problems of developed socialist society. A central place among these problems is occupied by the complex of questions associated with the formation of a Marxist-Leninist world view, high ideological and political qualities, and norms of communist morality in the working people. In other words, the point at issue is a profound, general interpretation of ways, methods, and means of educating the new man and a comprehensively and harmoniously developed individual in the communist social formation.

Class Principles in the Upbringing of the Individual Under the Conditions of Developed Socialist Society

The class approach to the problem of educating a comprehensively developed individual under the conditions of developed socialist society requires careful consideration of the total complexity of the social structure of modern socialist society and the concrete ties and interrelationships of social strata and the groups that stem from them. The class approach obligates us to evaluate social reality from the standpoint of its inherent objective trends and the progressive possibilities of historical development, and appeals to the actual social strata capable of realizing these possibilities and interested in this development.

The Scientific-Technological Revolution and the Formation of Man's Sensible Needs Under the Conditions of Developed Socialist Society

Socialist society is a society whose basic economic law and goal are the most complete satisfaction of the needs of the people. Proceeding from this, the Twenty-fourth Congress of the CPSU articulated a policy aimed at a more intense orientation of the economy toward the solution of various problems associated with improving the well-being of the Soviet people, not only for the period of the five-year plan, but also for the economic development of the country for the extended future.

The Influence of Scientific Criticism and Self-Criticism on the Formation of the New Man

Under the conditions of the scientific-technological revolution, grandiose social change, rapid development of and significant increase in the prestige of scientific knowledge, and mounting ideological struggle, the social tasks and spheres of action of such social phenomena as scientific criticism and self-criticism are expanding immeasurably. The study of the social, theoretical, and psychological aspects of these phenomena is one of the preconditions for inculcating high civic qualities, a communist world view, and moral-ethical perfection in the individual. Special attention was focused on the educational function of criticism and self-criticism in the Program of the CPSU, in the materials of the Twenty-fourth Congress of the CPSU, and in the decrees of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On Literary and Art Criticism" and "On the State of Criticism and Self-Criticism in the Tambov Regional Party Organization." Scientific criticism reveals the degree to which the results of practical activity correspond to communist ideals, and the degree to which the moral and aesthetic norms of individuals and the collective express proletarian and general human culture. This is a unique spiritual and theoretical form for resolving social contradictions. Criticism becomes an organic part of man's theoretical and practical activity, disrupts old, established social traditions and conventional values, and prompts human thought to undertake scientific inquiry so that society does not remain content with past victories alone. Scientific criticism awakens and instills class self-awareness and evaluates social phenomena from the standpoint of the progressive class. Under the conditions of developed socialist society, criticism and self-criticism become an active means for raising the level of upbringing and ideological-political work, for developing the creative abilities of the working people, and for increasing the activism of the sociopolitical and spiritual life of society.

The Scientific-Technological Revolution and Problems in the Socialization of the Individual in Socialist Society

The scientific-technological revolution exerts an immense influence on the socialization of the individual under the conditions of developed socialist society and is becoming one of its significant objective factors. Important changes are taking place in the conditions of the activity of both the individual and all of socialist society under the influence of the scientific-technological revolution.

Economic Problems of Science in a Developed Socialist Society: The Effectiveness of Scientific Research Projects

Developed socialism is a historical period, the characteristic features of which are determined by the production relations that form under the influence of the scientific and technological revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. The properties of this period of social development occasion the necessity and great urgency of studying the economic aspects of development of modern science, and especially the process of its transformation into a direct productive force. At the same time, we must consider the fact that in socialist countries science is not only one of the decisive factors underlying the growth and expansion of production but also serves as the basis for controlling social development and is a very important means of forming a progressive, communist world-view.

Requirements of the Population in a Developed Socialist Society

The present stage of development of socialist society poses the task of securing the most complete satisfaction of social and personal needs through higher labor productivity, through progress in science and technology, and through improvements in the organization and management of the national economy.

Problems Of Reproduction in the Period of Developed Socialism

Developed socialist society has its own characteristic type of reproduction, in the process of which the economic laws of socialism are realized with the greatest completeness. This reproduction has many common features with reproduction in the highest phase of communism and develops in the direction of communism.

Some Problems of Long-Term Crediting of Centralized Capital Investments

To a considerable degree the rise in the effectiveness of capital investments depends on the methods used in making resources available for the expanded reproduction of fixed capital. Two methods of financing capital investments — the non-returnable and the credit methods — are employed in practice. The use of either method is determined by the country's level of economic development. At the present time, under conditions of a developed socialist society the relationship between non-returnable budget financing and the crediting of capital investments changes in favor of credit.

Improving Guarantees of Women's Labor Rights Under the Conditions of Developed Socialist Society

At present there is no branch of the economy in which women do not work and where they do not make their contribution to the cause of building communism. The state consistently creates conditions as the country's economic might develops making it possible for women to combine work on the job and civic activity with happy motherhood and the performance of family obligations. A considerable role in the creation of such conditions is played by improvement in guarantees of work-related women's rights, which are reinforced in the new labor legislation.

Evaluating the Social Results of Scientific and Technical Progress

Our country has built a developed socialist society that is characterized by a high level of development of material production, science, and culture. As it progressively develops and improves, the prerequisites are created for the gradual transformation of mature socialism into communism. The present five-year plan is an important stage along this road. Its principal task — formulated in the materials of the Twenty-Fourth Congress of the CPSU — consists in bringing about a substantial rise in the material and cultural living standard of the people and in securing a significant rise in the well-being of the working people. Such is the highest goal of social production under socialism.

Mathematical Methods and Optimal Planning

In advancing to the forefront the objective of improving the planning and management of the economy of developed socialist society, the Twenty-Fourth Congress of the CPSU emphasized the necessity of applying mathematical methods in this area. Through them it is possible to obtain the most precisely balanced variant of the plan assuring the successful management of the economy, i.e., the best, optimal variant. Accordingly, the central point in the use of economic-mathematical methods must be their application in optimal planning.

The Problem of the Human being in Contemporary Scientific Knowledge

The building of a developed socialist society is a process of shaping a highly advanced system of intellectual life and forming a new human being. Simultaneous with the creation and perfection of a new basis in material technology and social relationships, a process of comprehensive and harmonious development of the socialist personality takes place. (1) On the level of development of the personality we face the task of creating a scientifically valid system of forms and methods of education and training, which requires the implementation of interdisciplinary sociological, pedagogical, ethical, and psychological studies of the process of molding the new human being.

Free Time — Our Common Wealth

In the process of building communism, our country is implementing a program of economic and social transformation of Soviet society gigantic in scale and significance. As this program is realized, the material and cultural level of Soviet people rises, and their desire to become more fully familiar with the intellectual riches accumulated by humanity, their striving for creative activity, for ethical and physical improvement, increases. The significance of working people's free time in the solution of these problems grows steadily, particularly under the conditions of developed socialist society. Improvement of the use of that time is an important element in the social policy of our Party.

Some Questions in the History of Agriculture and the Peasantry in the Postwar Years

More than a quarter century has passed since the end of the Second World War. Major socioeconomic changes have occurred in the countryside during this period. The serious consequences of the war have been overcome by self-sacrificing efforts on the part of the rural workers and the entire Soviet people, and major successes in the development of farm production have been achieved. The gross output of agriculture increased by 260 percent between 1945 and 1970, and the prewar level has been exceeded by 120 percent. (1) The nature of collective farm cooperative property has developed further, the role of the state farms in agricultural output has increased, and a major step forward has been made in the convergence of the working class and peasantry and overcoming the significant differences between town and village. The village today is the village of developed socialist society.

Urgent Problems in the Development of Soviet Economic Science in the USSR

The efforts of all Soviet people, under the leadership of the Communist Party, are presently concentrated on the fulfillment of targets of the plan for the development of the USSR national economy in 1973 - the decisive year of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. This year is the major frontier in the fulfillment of the grandiose tasks entailed in the socioeconomic and scientific-technical development of our nation as formulated by the Twenty-Fourth Congress of the CPSU. It is the paramount Party and professional duty of Soviet economic scientists to make every effort to meet these targets and to make their weighty contribution to the construction of the material-technical base of communism and the improvement of the economy of developed socialist society.

Tasks of the Social Science Departments of Higher Educational Institutions at the Present Stage

The Twenty-Fourth Congress of the CPSU has defined the principal directions of the further movement of our society toward communism and has armed the Party and people with a scientifically based socioeconomic program that corresponds to the new potentials and requirements of developed socialist society.

The Problem of Scientific Personnel Under the Conditions of the Revolution in Science and Technology

Under the conditions of developed socialist society, the progress of science and technology and the improvement of the organization and management of production become a prime source for intensification of the economy, for raising labor productivity and satisfying the rapidly growing needs of the entire population, and for creating the basis for communism in material goods and technology. One of the major fronts in the historic competition between the two systems lies in the sphere of scientific and technological progress, notes Comrade L. I. Brezhnev, For our Party, this makes further intensive development of science and technology, and the extensive introduction into production of the very latest achievements of science and technology not only the central economic task but an important political task. At the present stage, one can state unqualifiedly that questions of scientific and technological progress acquire decisive significance. Therefore, it is natural that questions of further development o...

Effectiveness of Vocational-Technical Training of Workers

In developed socialist society the problem of the further improvement and planned supply of the national economy with highly skilled manpower is one of the particular features in the development of a socialist economy and is an important prerequisite for the rapid growth of social production. It chiefly stems from the enormous scale of the economic and technical progress of our society, from the general orientation of economic development toward the substantial improvement in the well-being of the working people, and from the demands that are imposed on working cadres by the rapidly developing revolution in science and technology. What with the projected growth rates of labor productivity and the limited opportunity to hire additional manpower, principal emphasis should be placed on the reproduction of skilled labor power, on improving the forms and methods of training and retraining workers.