Social and humanitarian aspects of the information society theory in the works of Russian futurologists

Abstract. The assessment of the contribution of domestic futurologists to the development of general theoretical foundations of the concept of the information society is especially relevant at the present time, as Russia moves to a new stage of civilizational development.

Statement of the problem. In the works of V.I. Vernadsky back in the 30s of the last century, the foundations of the future information society were laid, which he called the “noosphere”. The ideas of V.I. Vernadsky formed the basis of the Concepts of the Transition of the Russian Federation to Sustainable Development, adopted by the government in 1996. Beginning in the 90s of the twentieth century several dozen domestic researchers have been working on the concept of the formation of an information civilization. The article highlights those futurologists who, from the author's point of view, are reaching a high level of generalization of the changes taking place in society. The works of such Russian futurologists as A.D. Ursul, R.F. Abdeev, N.N. Moiseev, A.I. Rakitov, K.K. Kolin, A.V. Sokolov, V.P. Kaznacheev have been analyzed.

The goal of the research is to study the contribution of Russian futurologists to the development of theoretical foundations for building an information society. Particular attention is paid to the sociohumanitarian aspect of the problem under study.

The methodological basis of the study is a systems approach and general methods of scientific knowledge, such as analysis, synthesis, generalization. Key conclusions. Major Russian futurologists are the successors of the noospheric-humanistic direction of informatization, within the framework of which the Human Scientist with a high moral position has his social purpose: the preservation of culture. 

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