DOI: 10.38050/2078-3809-2024-16-4-161-194
Abstract
The article reveals the versatility of the scientific heritage of A.A.Bogdanov-Malinovsky, the creator of the first universal system concept in the history of science – tectology. The contribution of A.A.Bogdanov to the development of problems of political economy in a broad sense, the theory of economic crises, planning methodology, sociology, characterology, and the organization of the world's first Blood Transfusion Institute is analyzed. Special attention is paid to the influence of prominent scientists of Moscow University on Bogdanov's worldview and the reflection in Bogdanov's fiction of socialist discourse, achievements of natural science of the early twentieth century and global problems of mankind.
The intersection of Bogdanov's intellectual and practical activities with the research of the Keynes brothers, both a macroeconomist and a transfusiologist surgeon, is noted.
Keywords: political economy in a broad sense, historical monism, tectology, hedonic selection, utopianism, characterology, world crises, "War communism", planning, NEP, collective struggle for viability.
JEL: B14, B31, N23, N24, N44, O21, P16, P50.
For citation: Gloveli, G.J.(2024) A.A. Bogdanov as an Encyclopedic Scientist. Scientific Research of Faculty of Economics. Electronic Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 161-194. DOI: 10.38050/2078-3809-2024-16-4-161-194.
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