TRADITIONS AND THE INTERNET VERSUS MODERN SOCIETY: PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY IN LATVIA AND THE WORLD

• Authors: Berdnikovs Andrejs
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study analyses the impact of the interaction of social development stages on the development of a knowledge-based society. The author indicates that according to the ideas of the Enlightenment, which stress the concept of progress and the accumulation of knowledge, a knowledge-based society can be regarded as the highest stage of development in modern society. However, during the past 15 years trends can be observed which threaten the ideals of the Enlightenment and modern society and which thereby pose risks to a knowledge-based society before it has had a chance to form. This article analyses two major threats. By applying the doctrine of integral traditionalism, the author describes the revolt of traditional society against modern society. In order to reveal the threats caused by post-modern society, he also analyses the impact of the Internet on human thinking, behaviour and perception of the world. The author admits that the revolt of traditional society against the values of modern society has not yet significantly affected Latvia and its society. They are more threatened by post-modern society, particularly the harmful aspects of Internet use.

Keywords

EN

INTEGRAL TRADITIONALISM'S DOCTRINE; KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAGES; SOCIETIES' REVOLT.

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: EPC Ltd (Economic Prognosis Centre), Riga, Latvia (till March 2009 - Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Ltd)
• Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 151-191
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Berdnikovs Andrejs

• Andrejs Berdnikovs, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia, Lomonosova iela 1A, Riga, LV-1019, Latvia; www.hssl.lv

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09LVAAAA057511