27.06.2011
"21st CENTURY", N 1, 2011
The first issue of the English language edition of “Noravank” Foundation’s “21st Century” journal for 2011 was published. The authors here speak about such themes as the increasing role of the Internet and social networks in the context of post-democracy and information security (G, Harutyunyan), pan-Turkism and geopolitics of China (D. Babayan), developments on the African continent in the mirror of the Great Game (S. Grinyaev, G. Harutyunyan), the issues of the identity among the young Armenians from Post-Soviet countries (S. Manusyan), educational problems of the Armenians in Turkey (R. Melkonyan), civilizational factors of the Armenian sea trade in the 17th century (E. L. Danielyan), analysis of important factors of education from the point of view of postmodernism (M. Abdollahi).
Below you can find the annotations of the articles in English.
Gagik Harutyunyan
HOMO VIRTUALICUS IN THE CONTEXT OF POST-DEMOCRACY AND INFORMATION SECURITY
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Initially created for interaction between professionals, Internet became accessible to billions of people in a matter of a few decades (by some criteria in less than 20 years), and special structures with various functionality began to appear inside it. All of this represents just another cycle of the permanent information revolution, a complicated concept with all the positive and negative ramifications stemming from it.
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Davitd Babayan
PAN-TURKISM AND GEOPOLITICS OF CHINA
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People’s Republic of China (PRC) is currently one of the most powerful and dynamically developing countries of the world. The economic development of the country is particularly impressive, as explicitly reflected in key economic indices, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For instance, China’s GDP in 2007 was $3.43 trillion, and in 2010 it already amounted to $6 trillion.
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Sergey Grinyaev, Gagik Harutyunyan
REFLECTING THE EVENTS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IN THE MIRROR OF THE GREAT GAME
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The beginning of 2010 was marked by an onset of a series of powerful transformational processes on the African continent. The majority of the “civilized world” rediscovered Africa after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg, which attracted not only tourists, but also the attention of the world mass media to South Africa and its problems.
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Eduard L.Danielyan
CIVILIZATIONAL FACTORS OF ARMENIAN SEA TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN THE 17TH CENTURY
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Prior to the great geographical discoveries international trade relations had been developing within the boundaries of the known world or oecumene in the Eastern hemisphere, via land, river and sea routes. Participation of various countries in the international trade depended on availability of raw material sources and product lines.
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Sona Manusyan
THE ISSUES OF IDENTITY AMONG THE YOUNG ARMENIANS IN THE POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
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In recent years the discussions concerning problems of the Armeniancy have stirred up both in the social sciences and at the level of individual deliberations on the national issues. This discourse is focused on identity, which is closely connected with the visions of organizing and development. The concerns are mostly related to preservation of the Armenian identity, and threats and opportunities in this regard.
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Ruben Melkonyan
ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF TURKEY’S ARMENIANCY
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Education has always had a great importance in the Armenian lives; around the world, Armenians have founded and developed their national schools. Armenian community of Istanbul (called Bolis by Western Armenians) also traditionally valued education and it was no mere chance that by the end of the 19th century there were 90 Armenian schools in Bolis, of which 40 community-based and 50 private ones [1, p. 181].
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Mitra Abdollahi
ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT FACTORS OF EDUCATION FROM THE POSTMODERNISM VIEWPOINT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE APPROACHES OF MICHEL FOUCAULT AND JACQUES DERRIDA
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The postmodern outlook developed new viewpoints in education, the same way it introduced new topics and issues in various fields such as arts, philosophy, and literature. As the educational concepts of each era are often influenced by particular intellectual and philosophical ideas of the time, it is essential to identify the philosophical basics of postmodernism and its impact on important factors of education.
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