LEO M. SEMASHKO
Birth date and birthplace: June 20, 1941, Grodno, Byelorussia
The important biographic detail [from the words of my mother Augusta Rumiantseva (1920-2003)] and its vital consequences.
On June 22, 1941 at four in the morning, while Hitler's army began a bombardment of Grodno in Western Byelorussia, my mother together with me was in the maternity hospital. My father, Alexei Lihanov, an army officer, came running to the hospital to tell my mother that the war had started, and that she should prepare for evacuation. She never saw him again as he was killed in the first days of the war.The mothers and babies from the maternity, as well as school children from Grodno were put into freight trainsand sent to the east of the USSR.The train was repeatedly bombed byGerman aircraft, but by miracle was able to continue.My mother and I arrived in the town of Bejestk, Tver region, in the home of her parents. I was in this town that I lived and studied until 1958.Thus I consider Bejestk as my hometown. In 1945 my mother married an army officer, Mikhail Semashko, who adopted me. In 1947, unfortunately, he died unexpectedly.
The accounts that my mother told me about the horrors of the war, the bombings and the evacuation, and of the deaths of close persons generated in me a disgust of war, murder and violence. This disgust always pushed me to search for public means to exclude war from the life of all peoples. Such public means will ensure that everyone, including my children andgrandchildren will live in sustainable peace.I have looked for ways to establish lasting peace and have found it in the concepts of social harmony and priority given to children. It is to these goals that my social philosophy "Tetrasociology" is devoted. I have been working on this concept since 1975. Now I am convinced that sustainable (eternal, harmonious) peace can be a consequence only of global social harmony, on the base of “sphere classes” of the population as the main actors of social harmony, “sphere democracy” and the priority given to children, which will replace the current priority of profit as an eternal source of wars. (These concepts of Tetrasociology are explained in details in my books, especially in "Tetrasociology", 2002, which is published on this site on the address:http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=145).
Nationality: Russian
Citizenship: Russian Federation
Family: Married, two sons: 1961 and 1984 birth, four grandchildren and the great-granddaughter
Address: Leo Semashko, 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg, 194356, Russia
Tel: 7-812-597-6571
E-mail: leo44442006@yandex.ru
Website: www.peacefromharmony.org
My life status about 40 years at homeland in the state: in Soviet Union since 1976 and in Russia since 1990 and still is dissident. This is connected with my discovery and development of Tetrasociology (Sphere Approach since 1976) as the science of social harmony, harmonious civilization, harmonious spheral classes and global harmonious peace that is provided by these classes. This science is contrary to Marxism as ideology of class war, which, in fact, remained in Russia. My status is confirmed by many facts. The fresh fact of 2012 from this series look here:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=534
EDUCATION
1948 - 1958 - High school
1959 - 1965 - Philosophical faculty, Moscow State University (MSU)
1967 - 1970 - Post-graduate course, Philosophical faculty, MSU.
1970 - Doctoral thesis: "Becoming of the Contradiction Category in a History of an Antique Philosophy (up to Plato inclusively)" (MSU)
1970 - Ph.D. (MSU)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present – 2005: Founder and President, Global Harmony Association
Present – 1998: State Councillor of St.Petersburg,
Present - 1993: Founder and Director, Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Present - 1970: Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemarker from Harmony
1994 - 2005: Sociology Professor, St. Petersburg Universities (lecture courses on Sociology, History of Sociology, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Law, Tetrasociology)
1990 - 1993: Deputy, St-Petersburg Parliament, Commissions Member: Economic Reform; Family and Childhood;
1981 - 1989: Senior Scientific Fellow, Institute "Lensistematekhnika";
1970 - 1981: Assistant and A/Professor, Philosophy and Sociology Departments, St. Petersburg Universities; (lecture courses on Philosophy; History of Philosophy; History of Sociological Doctrines)
1965 – 1967: Assistant, Philosophy Department, Technical University, Barnaul;
1958 – 1965: Worker, Public Figure, Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station, Irkutsk Region;
SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
2007 December – present, Advisory Board Chairman, International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP-UN-USA)
2005 November – present, Founder and President, Global Harmony Association;
2005 – present, Founder and President, International Website "A New Culture of Peace from Social Harmony and Children’s Priority", shortly: Peace from Harmony - www.peacefromharmony.org, uniting more than 500 co-authors from 56 countries of the world and publishing in 17 languages;
2005 – present, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS), Board member;
2003 – present, St-Petersburg State Councilor;
1998 – present, International Sociological Association, member;
1992-1993: Founder and Head, Sphere Democracy Deputy Group, St-Petersburg Parliament;
1990-1997: Founder and President, F.M. Dostoevsky Children’s Foundation in St. Petersburg;
1990-1991: Founder and Head, Developers Group, First “Russian Family Code” Project, with the first chapter devoted to the children rights;
1988-1990: Founder and Head, Public Group “For Children’s Rights”;
1985-1986: Founder and Head, Preschool Harmonious Development Studio;
1975-1980: Founder and Head, Harmonious Development Youth Club “Demiurge”;
1968-1969: Founder and Head, MSU Students Building Group in Norilsk;
1957-1958: Founder and Head, School Building Group, Bejestk.
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECTS
Present and for term of life - Projects of global peace from harmony, a list of 47 of which, made, see here:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=472
Present - August 2008: Russia – Georgia: Harmonization through Education instead of Militarization:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=337
Present – September 2007: Global Harmony Association;
Present – May 2007: World Harmony/Peace Academy;
Present – December 2006: Magna Carta of Harmony;
Present – January 2006: Harmonious Era Calendar;
Present – May 2005: Global Movement “Making Children a Priority in the World”
Present - February2005: International site "Peace from Harmony»
Present - 1980 – Sphere Information-Statistical Harmonizing Technology
2003-2005 - Russian law project "Children’s Suffrage Executed by Parents"
2003-2006 - International Publishing Project of Multicultural Dialogue
1993-1998 - Organization and Management at the Different Administrative Levels of Russia and St.-Petersburg.
1990-1993 - "Family Code of Russia" Project; Economic Reform of St.-Petersburg.
1981-1987 - Automated System of the Plan Accounts in St-Petersburg.
PUBLICATIONS
More 300 scientific works on philosophy, sociology, culture, law and policy, including 16 books and brochures:
Leo Semashko’s Books and Brochures
2016. Global Peace Science or Peaceloveology, Peacescience: First Common Good and Human Right, Revolution of Social Sciences, Creating Peace from SPHERONS' Harmony and Nonviolent Victory of Peace over War in XXI Century. By the 174 coauthors from 34 countries. World textbook. The first publication in English, Smaran Publication, New Delhi. 2016. 616 p.ISBN 978-81-929087-8-6: http://peacefromharmony.org/docs/global-peace-science-2016.pdf
2015. Global Peace Science or Peaceloveology: First Common Good and Human Right, Revolution of Social Sciences, Creating Peace from Harmony and Victory of Peace over War in XXI Century. By the GHA 89 coauthors from 30 countries. World Textbook. 432 pages. St. Petersburg, 2015. ISBN – 978-5-7422-4707-4, First Edition in Russian: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606
- 2012. The ABC of Harmony for World Peace, Harmonious Civilization and Tetranet Thinking.Together with the GHA 75 coauthors from 26 countries. Global Textbook. GHA 34th Project. First published in English in India, New Delhi, Doosra Mat Prakashan, 2012, pages ~334. ISBN – 978-81-923108-6-2: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478
- 2010. Russia, Forward, towards Harmonious Civilization. Together with the GHA co-authors. St. Petersburg, LITA, 30 pages, in Russian: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=435
- 2010. Kazakhstan - Harmonism Strategy for the 21st century. GHA project for the President and the Parliament of Kazakhstan. Together with the GHA 14 co-authors from 10 countries. St. Petersburg, LITA, 22 pages, in Russian and English: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=445
- 2009. Harmonious Civilization. Global Harmony Association Innovative Projects, with 119 coauthors from 34 countries, in 2 languages. St-Petersburg, Russia, "LITA ", pages 254:http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=379,
- 2008. World Harmony/Peace Academy and General Harmonious Education in an Information Society, with 64 coauthors from 20 countries, in 2 languages. St-Petersburg, Russia,"LITA ", pages 104. http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=277
- 2007. Magna Carta of Harmony for an Information Civilization: Toward Social Justice and Global Peace, with 42 coauthors from 16 countries in 7 languages, Lita, 228 p.http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=3
- 2006. Harmonious Era Calendar: Address to Children, Youth and Future Generations, with 26 coauthors from 12 countries in 12 languages, St.-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, 396 p. http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=190
- 2004. Children’s Suffrage: Democracy for the 21st Century, Priority Investment in Human Capital as a Way toward Social Harmony, St.-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, 72 p.http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=211
- 2003. Tetrasociology: from Sociological Imagination through Dialogue to Universal Values and Harmony, with 14 co-authors, in three languages: Russian, English and Esperanto. St.-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, 394p. http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=149
- 2002. Tetrasociology: Responses to Challenges. St.-Petersburg State Polytechnic University (in Russian and English), 158 p. http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=145
- 2000. Tetrasociology as the Revolution of Social Thinking, the Way of Harmony and Prosperity. St.-Petersburg, 168 p. (in Russian)
- 1999. Sociology for Pragmatists. Textbook for the university students. Part 1, St.-Petersburg, 376 p. (in Russian)
- 1994. The Black Book of Crimes against Children in St. Petersburg. Facts, documents, comments. With 3 coauthors. St.-Petersburg, 68 p. (in Russian)
- 1992. Sphere Approach: Philosophy, Democracy, Market and Human. St.-Petersburg, 368 p. (in Russian)
- 1991. Family Code of Russia. Draft of Children's Foundation of F.M. Dostoevsky. Editor in Chief: Dr.Leo Semashko. St.-Petersburg, 100 p. (in Russian)
- 1981. Integrated Evident Schemes in a Philosophy Course. Co-authors: D.V.Pivovarov, V.F.Setkov, Sverdlovsk, (in Russian)
The reviews of some listed books look at the address: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=15 and
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=506 and etc.
SELECTED ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS
2006. The Meanings of Cultural Sociology. Review of Jeffrey C. Alexander’s book The
Meanings of Social Life: a Cultural Sociology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. International Sociology. Review of Books (ISRB), Volume 21, no. 6, November 2006, 834-838 p.
2006. Tetrasociological Approach: Six System Sociocybernetic Innovations for an Information
Society. XVIth World Congress of Sociology: Durban, South Africa, July 23-29, 2006
http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics/congresos/DURBAN/papers/semashko.pdf
2005. Children First Contra Humiliation.
http://www.humiliationstudies.org/news/archives/000813.html
2005.What Ends the Children’s Suffrage Executed by Parents May Serve? Vladimir Kavtorin
coauthor. Zvezda, St-Petersburg, p.188-199
2005.Institute of Children’s Suffrage Executed by Parents: Necessity and Consequences. Paper
presented at the conference ‘Childhoods 2005. Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Societies’, University of Oslo, Norway
2005. Tetrasociology and Social Synergetics // Synergetics and Synergetic Historicism. St.-
Petersburg, 2005, p. 243-266.
2005. Children’s Suffrage Executed by Parents: Institute of family Education at Children
Antiterrorist (antideviant) Immunity // Childhood and Society: Sociocultural Context.
Materials of the Х11th International Conference "Child in the Modern World ". St.-
Petersburg, 2005, p. 55-60.
2005. Children’s Suffrage Executed by Parents: Sociocultural Institute of the Antiterrorist
Immunity// Telescope, 2005, 2, p. 30-42
2005. Tetrasociology of Childhood: Theoretical and Political Priority of Childhood through
Children’s Suffrage. Abstract for the ISA RC 53 Mid-Term Conference «Marginality and Voice: Childhood in Sociology and Society 2005», Germany, June 23-25, 2005
2005. Tetrasociology: Strategic Sphere Management and Organizational Democracy
Abstract for the IIS World Congress, Stockholm, July 2005, Session "Social Change &
Organizational Democracy"
2005. Tetrasociology: Global Sphere’s Democracy
Abstract for the IIS World Congress, Stockholm, July 2005, Session ‘Global
Democratization’
2004. Children, Youth and Democratic Suffrage in a Globalization Era,
http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/social/RC53/Newsletter%2012-04.pdf
2004. Children's Suffrage as a Key Way of Improvement of Children's Well-being in an Age of
Globalization. Electronic Journal of Sociology (2004) ISSN: 1198 3655
http://www.sociology.org/content/2004/tier2/semashko.html
2004. Children, Terrorism and Children’s Suffrage. September 9, 2004 (on Russian)
http://conflictmanagement.ru/text/?text=373
2004. Tetrasociology as a Response to the Feminist Challenge to Sociological Theory in the Age
ofGlobalization. 36th World Congress of International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, China, July 7-11, 2004. Abstracts, p.46. (Session 6 “Globalization and Women”)
http://www.iis2003beijing.com.cn/en/AS/S6-6.htm
2004. Children’s Suffrage as a Key Way of Improvement of Children’s Well-being in the Age of
Globalization. 36th World Congress of International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, China, July 7-11, 2004. Abstracts, p.72. (Session 11 “Children's Well-Beings in the Age of Globalization”). http://www.iis2003beijing.com.cn/en/AS/S11P1-1.htm
2004. Tetrasociology: Plurotheism Hypothesis as Global Belief in the Age of Globalization.
36th World Congress of International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, China, July 7-11, 2004. Abstracts, p.123. (Session 16 “Religion and Globalization”).
http://www.iis2003beijing.com.cn/en/AS/S16P3-6.htm
2004. Alienation of Disharmonious Popular Culture and Way to Cultural Harmony. 36th World
Congress of International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, China, July 7-11, 2004. Abstracts, p.376. (Session 68 “Alienated popular culture: the non-reflection of reality in culture”)http://www.iis2003beijing.com.cn/en/AS/S68-4.htm
2004. Tetrasociological Conceptualization of Social Harmony as Key Value of Globalization.
Abstract for Session 71 “Social Values in Global Age” of the 36th IIS WorldCongress, Beijing, China, July 7-11, 2004. http://www.iis2003beijing.com.cn/en/AS/S71-8.htm
2003. Processes of a Society Democratizationand Children’s Suffrage // Philosophy of
Childhood and Sociocultural Creativity. Materials of the Xth International Conference "Child in the Modern World. Culture and Childhood”. April 16-18 2003. St.-Petersburg, 2003, p. 336-339 (in Russian)
2002. Tetrasociology: Sphere Classes of Population as Harmonious Actors of Sustainable
Development. World Forum on Sustainable Development 2002. Website:
http://www.irfd.org/events/wf2002/abstracts/theme6.html
2002. Tetrasociology: the Concept of Four-Dimensional Social Space - Time as Four-
Dimensional Concept of Society. (RC35) XVth World Congress of Sociology in Australia, Brisbane, July 7-13, 2002. Website ISA: http://203.94.129.73/timetable.html, Search “Participants” "Semashko"
2002. Tetrasociology: Discovery of New Statistics. (RC26) XVth World Congress of Sociology
in Australia, Brisbane, July 7-13, 2002. Website ISA: http://203.94.129.73/timetable.html , Search “Participants” "Semashko"
2001. Tetrasociology - sociology of four measurements. Statement of a problem // Sociologicalstudies, No 9, Moscow
2000. Pragmatism // State service. No 4, 2000, Moscow
1998. Sphere/tetra macrosociology: from monism to tetrism // Social reality and the social theories. St-Petersburg
INTERVIEWS and ARTICLES ABOUT
1. Want peace therefore prepare to peace. October 12, 2006: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=269, (In Russian)
2. Right of vote from the cradle? January 12, 2006: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=117, (In Russian)
3. Dr. Leo Semashko: Intolerance is a Reaction of the Uneducated People. Scientist - Sociologist Created Theory of a Survival and Harmony for Humankind. March 14, 2008: http://www.vppress.ru/news/2008/03/14/33/, (In Russian)
4. Interview given to the writer Takis Ioannides for the Greek newspaper “EPIKAIRA” of New Smyrna, Athens, which is published by February 16, 2008:http://epikaira.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/pages_6-11.pdf, (In Greek)
DEAR LEO
I SEND YOU SOME ARTICLES IN GREEK NEWSPAPERS, ABOUT OUR MEETING IN ST. PETERSBURGon September 5, 2010 in hotel Europe:
http://files.eleftheria.gr/pdf/%7BE1834B96-FC22-4F40-9EC4-58943772B8EB%7D_16-9-10-FYLLO.pdf
(NEWSPAPER "ELEFTHERIA", PAGE 6)
http://issuu.com/kirikas/docs/16_09_2010
(NEWSPAPER "IMERISIOS KIRIKAS", PAGE 17)
http://www.kosmoslarissa.gr/files/pdf/16-9-2010_p8.pdf
(NEWSPAPER "KOSMOS", PAGE 8)
http://www.eleftheria.gr/viewarticle.asp?aid=22349&pid=9&CategoryID=9
(NEWSPAPER "ELEFTHERIA")
http://kamposnews.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post_5507.html
(WEBSITE "THESSALIAN NEWS")
http://www.artfools.gr/?p=17518 (MAGAZINE "ARTFOOLS")
BEST HARMONY WISHES
Dr. DIMITRIS P. KRANIOTIS
September 15, 2010
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“GHA works for a harmonious international peace”
This article is written by journalist Ahlem Charef from http://www.ennaharonline.com/ar/,
an Algerian daily Arabic is the second Algerian newspaper, publishing (Algiers, Constantine and Ouargla). It reported on a portrait of GHA, an international association, chaired by Dr Leo Semashko, consists of several thinkers, scientists and artists of different religions, ethnicities and countries. I stressed the great lighthouse has been the association during his participation at Astana in October 2010 and its proposed project, for a dignified and prosperous Kazakhstan.
Prof. Ammar Banni,
Algeria
March 24, 2011
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PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES
2012: International Seminar on “Teachers Education for Peace and Harmony”, New Delhi, India, February 11-13, 2012:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=511
2010: World Forum of Spiritual Culture on the initiative of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Astana, October 18-20:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=446
2010: First International Congress on Mathematics of Harmony on the initiative of prof. Stakhov, Odessa, October 8-10, Ukraine:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=441
2010: XVII World Congress of Sociology; International Sociological Association, July 11-17, Gothenburg, Sweden:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=434
2008: International Conference "Religion and civil society", Yalta, Ukraine, November 20-22;
Presentation: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=352
2008: The 18th IAEWP World Peace Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29th - 31st October;
Presentation: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=351
2007: The First Cross-Strait High-Level Forum of the Chinese Traditional Culture. China, Beijing, July 5-9
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=295
2006: XVI World Congress of Sociology; International Sociological Association, South Africa. Durban
2005: International Conference "Childhoods", Norway. Oslo
2004: 36th World Sociological Congresses of the International Institute of Sociology, China. Beijing
2002: XV World Congress of Sociology; International Sociological Association, Australia. Brisbane
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS FIELD
Tetrasociology as the theory of Social harmony and harmonious civilization and peace from harmony. Harmonious/Peace Education. Sociological theory. Children’s Suffrage Executed by Parents. Peace Culture. Classes and Groups. Law. Person. Psychology. Statistics. Information technologies. Practical Application of Sociology. Multicultural Dialogue. Policy. Culture. History of Philosophy and Sociology.
POSITION IN ORGANIZATIONS
The Board member of three International Organizations:
- International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP-UN-USA)
- World Peace & Development Association (WPDA - China)
- Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS – Norway)
Member, International Sociological Association
Member, International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (IFLAC - Israel)
March 25, 2010
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My political credo
It is expressed most precisely and shortly in my paper (see below) at meeting in honour of the 20th anniversary of Petrosovet in which the first sprout of harmonious parliamentarism for a harmonious civilization was born.
“Sphere Democracy Group” in Petrosovet 1992:
The First Political Sprout of a Harmonious Civilization
And a Way for Exit of Russia from the Century Failure
By
Dr. Leo Semashko,
Member of St-Petersburg Parliament (Petrosovet) in 1990-1993,
Global Harmony Association (GHA) Founder and President, 2005.
GHA unites more 350 members from 48 countries.
GHA Mission is to pave a conscious way for a harmonious civilization.
Paper at the jubilee meeting of MPs in honour of 20 anniversary of Petrosovet
Mariinsky Palace, St.-Petersburg, April 5, 2010
Friends!
My colleagues have unfolded in their previous papers the value of achievements of Petrosovet as the first embodiment of parliamentarism in Russia for its past and present. Let me, as a philosopher and sociologist-futurologist, to draw your attention to other dimension of its achievements: for the future. What its achievement will not only be remembered but also developed over 50 - 100 years?
In infinite pluralism of the democratic Russian revolution in the beginning of 90th years there was one, strange at first sight, political formation. It is “Sphere Democracy Group” (SDG), arising in Petrosovet in 1992 and uniting about ten deputies under my management. Almost 20 years required to us to understand its deep political meaning. I will be limited here only by three strokes.
The first stroke is scientific. Tetrasociology (sphere approach) as a science of social harmony of four sphere classes of population was put in the SDG basis. In it Charter, published in my book (“Sphere Approach”, St-Petersburg, 1992, p.355-358:
http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=282), it is written down: “the SDG proceeds … from recognition in any society the four sphere universal classes”. This idea has been developing in our city for 35 years from the youth club "Demiurge" 1976, which was divided in four sphere groups, accordingly to the sphere classes.
These classes differ - by employment in one of four spheres of social production, - by number but they are equally necessary, universal and sufficient as without the products of their work there can not be any society. They make a deep, invisible for eyes, structure of social harmony in which they play the defined roles of its actors-creators. They have one purpose – harmony but - different ways to it. They demand a constant conscious coordination through the mechanism of deep harmonious parliamentarism of the sphere classes.It expresses the new, harmonious, four-party democracy built on equal distribution of legislative and executive power between these classes, between the representatives elected by them. But this parliamentarism and democracy cannot show up without a corresponding science. Therefore, before appearance of this science the sphere classes remained unknown and spontaneous, on historical surface in which the priority role is played by their various, private, disharmonious and hostile social groups and classes which are breaking off their deep harmonious unity.
The second stroke is historical. The last 20 years confirmed the world tendency toward comprehension and globalisation of harmony, from which each nation wins, by tens of facts. They are presented in the international book of the Global Harmony Association (GHA) “Harmonious Civilization” (St-Petersburg, 2009, 254p.: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=379) by 120 coauthors from 34 countries. This book is the first example of the new thinking which received the title “Tetranet Harmonious Thinking”. This book found recognition of the many known figures, including the Chairman of the Russian Upper Chamber Mr Sergey Mironov. The GHA fixed 2009 as year of birth of the new, global, harmonious, civilization, connected with two world events: the beginning of “nuclear zero” of the USA and Russia and creation of a science of this civilization which replaces a dying off industrial civilization. Together with these events humanity entered into the Age of Harmony Renaissance and Harmonious Enlightenment. From the point of view of a new civilization, SDG is its first political sprout which has begun its harmonious four-party democracy, i.e. deep sphere parliamentarism.
Charles Montesquieu’s fundamental law of democracy, which is ignored by the democratic Constitutions, revives in this sprout: “Durability and prosperity of democracy always depend on the correct division into classes of the population having the right to vote" (Charles Montesquieu. Selected works. About Spirit of Laws. Moscow, 1955, p. 171-172). He gave the examples of Solon’s 4 classes, Servius Tullius’ 6 classes but nowhere he found the "correct" division. SDG found it in the sphere harmonious classes and created the unique projects of the sphere structures of legislative and executive power as state mechanism for the deep consent of these classes.
The third stroke is national. In Russia for 20 years there has been a widely known unflattering definition of democracy: it is at all on hearing. It is not very far from truth in view of absence of correct division of the population in classes and ignoring of their deep interests. In general the institute of industrial democracy in the world, except the very rare small countries, degrades and degenerates in the plutocracy expressing political essence of an industrial civilization. Democracy revival at the level of a new civilization is possible only through "correct", sphere, division of the population into classes which found the first political expression in SDG. What to do with this democratic innovative miracle, furnishing the key for revival of all dying modernizations of Russia, the population of which remains in poverty along with its inexhaustible richness of resources? We should not lose this world’s priority, "as always". Because it will go away or to the USA where “harmony schools” are growing quickly now, or to China where almost a quarter of humanity builds “a harmonious society”, or in another country, which will be the first to establish the sphere harmonious four-party democracy together with the related harmonious education of the population.
In the 20th century Russia paid the biggest blood in revolutions, civil and world wars for the right to prosperity through social harmony in the 21st century the ideas of which have been developed by the Russian most brilliant minds under the different names: Aleksey Khomyakov’s sobornost, Leo Tolstoy’s nonviolence, Vladimir Solovyov’s all-unity, Nicolas Roerich’s harmony, Paul Florensky’s consent, Vladimir Vernadsky’s noosphereand etc. Already Feodor Dostoevsky intuitively understood the key role of harmony in the words: “A beauty will rescue the world”, as a beauty is identical to harmony. From similar ideas of the outstanding Russian and foreign thinkers was born tetrasociology as a science of social harmony.
Why Russia possessing this unique innovative scientific potential would not declare building into the country of a harmonious civilization while something similar has been made by Chinain 2006?! It will be a very ambitious and very effective Russian modernization of the 21st century, which will allow it to exit from the failure of the last century and to find prosperity at last! Building of a harmonious civilization will not prevent but only will help Russia to struggle with terrorism, corruption and other social pathologies, giving to this struggle a higher social meaning. To start to build it, this is possible in the new presidential project “Sun City” which has a chance to be “Harmony City”, not to die, "as always".
The harmonious civilization is the best for Russia the practice and the spirituality, the sources of which lay in depth of Russian culture. At the same time it is the best for Russia national dream, national idea, national strategy and ideology of national consent which will replace the obsolete ideologies of national split: Marxism discrediting locally in the countries of socialism and liberalism, discrediting globally by a powerless before the world financial crisis and global problems. Both ideologies are responsible for the century failure of Russia with 1917 until now.Russiawill exit from her century failure and will revive only inthe way of a harmonious civilization and the harmonious parliamentarism which was born almost 20 years ago.
This way is opened today by the science of social harmony for all countries. A question arises now: which one of them will be the first will to stand up on it knowingly to get the advantages and priorities of the global harmony? Harmony race goes on to change from human’s arms race of so far! Will Russia take advantage of this new historical chance for her happy future?
Thanks for attention.
This text is published on the GHA website in English and Russian:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=58
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=282
The first responses in Russian mass-media:
http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/189852/
http://www.fontanka.ru/2010/04/05/158/
April 6, 2010
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