In the present article we analyze the relationships between K-waves and major technological breakthroughs in history and offer forecasts about features of the sixth Kondratieff wave. We use for our analysis the basic ideas of long cycles' theory and related theories (theories of the leading sector, technological styles etc.) as well as the ideas of our own theory of production principles and production revolutions. The latest of production revolution is the Cybernetic Revolution that, from our point of view, started in (...) the 1950s. We assume that in the 2030s and 2040s the sixth K-wave will merge with the final phase of the Cybernetic Revolution (which we call a phase of self-regulating systems). This period will be characterized by the breakthrough inmedical technologies which will be capable to combine many other technologies into a single system of MANBRIC-technologies (medico-additive-nano-bio-roboto-info-cognitive technologies). The article also presents a forecast of the process of global ageing and argueswhy the technological breakthrough will occur in health care sector and connected spheres. (shrink)

A contracorriente de su tiempo, Eric Voegelin replanteó la cuestión de la ciencia política en los estratos más hondos del Ser. Su idea de la política como una ciencia del orden, cuyo vector trascendental despliega una triple representación de la noción de verdad apunta hacia una recuperación de la problemática metafísica para las ciencias humanas. Con la cuestión metafísica y la problemática de la verdad, Voegelin atisbó en toda su complejidad el desafío que supone la simbiosis con la omnipotencia como (...) dato político de la existencia humana. La trayectoria civilizatoria de Israel y Grecia supondrán en este camino dos hitos de diferenciación de la consciencia y de la identidad occidental. Dos caminos políticos paralelos que ofrecen distintas concepciones de la razón, del hombre y del poder. (shrink)

The present article is devoted to the problem which is debated actively to-day, namely whether Greek poleis and the Roman Republic were early states or they represented a specific type of stateless societies. In particular, Moshe Berent examines this problem by the example of Athens in his contribution to this volume. He arrives at the conclusion that Athens was a stateless society. However, I am of the opinion that this conclusion is wrong: and I believe that Athens and Rome were (...) early states. Therefore the present article is in many respects a direct discussion with Berent (as well as with other supporters of this idea). (shrink)