<i>CHUBAISOLOGY</i> IS NOT ONLY ABOUT A. CHUBAIS
The article highlights some of the ideas of Prof. Nariman A. Aitov, the founder of a school of sociological thought in Bashkortostan and Kazakhstan, as expressed in his last work Chubaisology . The work, however, is not only - and not so much - about Anatoly Chubais. N. Aitov analyzes the events taking place in Russia and other CIS countries, associated with an attempt to build socialism, and then move from ‘barracks socialism' to ‘wild capitalism.' The book is about socio-cultural processes, which importance for humanity will only increase over time, and will occupy the minds of an increasing number of specialists. Prof. N. Aitov does not intend to unmask somebody. He speculates on what happened, first of all, in order to substantiate the conclusion that trying to go back to the origins is fruitless; one should not try to repeat the path of weakening capitalism, so as not to get to the new revolution; ‘barracks socialism' will not bring happiness either. The problem, he argues, is rooted in the fact that people, having tried both ‘barracks socialism' and ‘wild capitalism' and ‘democracy' with tank shooting, have lost faith in future. But this cannot go on for so long, states the author. The situation is dangerous because people who are not satisfied with the alternative ‘capitalism - barracks socialism' can support a charlatan or careerist who would brainwash people into accepting the third path in order to seize power.