The bright memory of her friend, Irina Yuryevna Smirnova (1963–2002), dedicated to Labor is one of the most important values ​​of human society, but in the culture of culture it is contradictory and paradoxical. This is a curse, a punishment for sins, a painful yoke that is reducing a person to a “speaking gun”, and a “heavy good”, the most important virtue, a source of material wealth and uniform perfection, and in Christianity it is practically the only way to become a “cooperative” of God.

A distinctive characteristic of labor relations in Russian enterprises during the acute socio-economic crisis of the 90s was their personification, that is, one-on-one relationship between leaders and submitted [1] . The system of personal dependence and responsibility has one undeniable advantage- flexibility, the ability to take into account situational circumstances and personal characteristics of the participants.

We will leave a serious analysis of the history of Soviet labor legislation. But to look through such a book, especially old, is funny (at least, by the way, entertaining reading - old versions of the Criminal Code). Labor 1.0 The first Code of Labor Laws (everything was written through the capital letters) was due to the Bolshevik authorities in 1918.

Industrial, or production, democracy is one of the important socio-political institutions of a democratic industrialized society. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Germans of the Federal Republic of Germany managed to achieve the highest results in the democratization of relations at an industrial enterprise in the second half of the twentieth century. Why?

Without a doubt, the problems of military construction are now the most acute interest in our society. The scatter of opinions in this area, of course, is great. But Academician P. Kapitsa also said: “If there is no disputes, comparison of opinions in science, then it can only go to the cemetery, to its funeral.” However, in my opinion, it is impossible to start solving these problems without finding out, first of all, the nature of the threats and wars of the future.

Bruno Monsenjon. Richter. Diaries. Dialogs. M.: Classic XXI century, 2002. 480 p., Il. It is difficult to write about books of this level. And about the genius, as Richter was, especially. But if here to follow the advice of the great Wittgenstein - “which cannot be discussed clearly, it should be silent,” the culture will be interrupted. Bruno Monsenjon is a French violinist, writer and famous movie documentary.

The resolution of the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation dated May 25, 1993 “Basic methodological provisions for the classification of statistical data on the composition of the labor force, economic activity and employment status” describes both categories of the economically active population - the employed and the unemployed.

Labor productivity in Russia remains low. Structural reforms of the economy continue to be postponed in favor of industry and regional lobbyists, who are successfully operating under the new president. The government's desire to support national industry through various protectionist measures and prohibitive duties does not allow us to hope that the situation will improve significantly even in the medium term.

The adoption of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation gave a new excess to the ways of further development of labor law.

[*] At first glance, the Chinese version of the transition to market relations has little to do with Russian. In Russia, in 1989, mass strikes entailed the collapse of the political system, and the party leadership was replaced by the institutes mocratic in the form. In China, after the 1989 crisis, the Communications Party not only retained, but also strengthened its influence. The contrast between the economic successes of China and the failures of Russia are even more open.

In search of Protestant ethics In the famous work of Max Weber “Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of the Capitalist”, first published in the form of articles in 1904-1905, it was also convincing the assumption that one of the sources of the eco-nomic lift associated with the birth of capitalism in Europe was a religious reform and due to it Protestant labor ethics [1] .

The concepts of social protection and social security are related, but not identical. When used as scientific definitions, social protection includes social security as an integral part, and in addition covers guarantees for labor protection, health and the natural environment, minimum wage, etc., ensuring normal conditions for human life.

Samuel Huntington. Clash of civilizations / Per. from English. T. Velmeyeva, Yu. Novikova. M.: LLC "Publishing House AST", 2003. 605 p. (Series "Philosophy").

Elvin Toffler. Metamorphoses of power: knowledge, wealth and strength on the threshold of the XXI century / Per. from English. Scientific. Ed., Foreword. P. S. Gurevich. M.: LLC "Publishing House AST", 2002. 670 p. (Series "Philosophy"). The book “Power Shift” (1990) is, according to the author’s plan, the last part of the trilogy, begun “The Shock of the Future” (Future Shock, 1971) and the continued “Third Wave” (The Third Wave, 1981).

Evgeny Steiner. Vanguard and the construction of a new person. The art of the children's book of the 1920s. M.: New Literary Review, 2002. 262 p. Evgeny Steiner is a graduate of Moscow State University, art critic, author of the book about Japanese medieval art. He left Russia in the late 80s; He lived in Israel, taught at the universities of Japan and the USA, settled in New York.