Andrei Vitalievich Korotayev

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Andrei Korotayev

Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew ( Russian Андрей Витальевич Коротаев ; born  February 17, 1961 in Moscow ) is a Russian orientalist , anthropologist , historian and economist. He is the director of the Moscow Center for the Anthropology of the East . In 2003 and 2004 he was also at the Institute for Advanced Study .

Life and research

Andrei Korotajew studied at the Institute for the Countries of Asia and Africa at Lomonosov University in Moscow and graduated in 1984 as a historian . In 1990 he obtained the academic degree of Candidate in Science (Doctor); 1993 Ph.D. at the University of Manchester ; 1998 Doctor of Science degree in History.

Since 1989 he has been working at the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. From 2002 as a senior researcher; since 2012 as head of research. From 2001 to 2004 Korotayev was a professor at the Department of General Sociology and head of the “Sociology of the East” program at the National Research University “ Higher School of Economics ” in Moscow

His research focuses on four problem areas: He deals with the long-term evolution of socio-political systems in northeastern Yemen , researches the origins of Islam and the most important trends in the development of social systems in southern Arabia. He has demonstrated the existence of matrilineal groups in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Another research focus is on intercultural studies ( Cross-Cultural Studies ). He has made important contributions to the study of the determinants of matrilocality .

He deals with the mathematical modeling of social, economic and historical dynamics (" Kliodynamik "). His mathematical models describe in detail the long-term political-demographic dynamics of Egypt; he used this to analyze the revolution in Egypt in 2011 . Finally, he observes and analyzes the long-term development of global economic dynamics ( Kondratiev cycle ).

He works in the fields of economics and ethnography , especially in relation to factors of the current demographic crisis in Russia .

In 2012 he received the gold medal of the International Kondratieff Foundation .

Works

Books

  • Ancient Yemen. Some general trends of evolution of the Sabaic language and Sabaean culture . In: Journal of Semitic studies . Supplement 5. Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester, Oxford / New York 1995, ISBN 0-19-922237-1 (English, academia.edu [accessed October 17, 2017]).
  • Pre-Islamic Yemen: socio-political organization of the Sabaean cultural area in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD . Harrassowitz Verlag , Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 3-447-03679-6 (English).
  • World Religions and Social Evolution of the Old World Oikumene Civilizations: A Cross-Cultural Perspective . Edwin Mellen, New York 2004, ISBN 0-7734-6310-0 (English).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew , Alexander Wladimirowitsch Markow, Darja Andrejewna Chalturina: Introduction to Social Macrodynamics: Compact Macromodels of the World System Growth . Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow 2006, ISBN 5-484-00414-4 (English).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew , Alexander Wladimirowitsch Markow, Darja Andrejewna Chalturina: Introduction to social macrodynamics: secular cycles and millennial trends . Editorial URSS , Moscow 2006, ISBN 5-484-00559-0 (English).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew , Darja Andrejewna Chalturina: Introduction to social macrodynamics: secular cycles and millennial trends in Africa . Editorial URSS , Moscow 2006, ISBN 5-484-00560-4 (English).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew, Leonid Jefimowitsch Grinin: Great Divergence and Great Convergence: A Global Perspective . In: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice . Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-17780-9 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-319-17780-9 (English).
  • Leonid Jefimowitsch Grinin, Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew, Arno Tausch : Economic Cycles, Crises, and the Global Periphery . Springer, Heidelberg / New York / Dordrecht / London 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-41260-3 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-319-41262-7 (English).

Article (selection)

  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew, Alexander A. Kasankow: Regions based on social structure: A reconsideration (or apologia for "diffusionism") . In: Current Anthropology . tape 41 , no. 4 . The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 2000, p. 668-690 , JSTOR : 10.1086 / 317395 (English).
  • Alexander Wladimirowitsch Markow, Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew: Phanerozoic marine biodiversity follows a hyperbolic trend . tape 16 , no. 4 , December 2007, pp. 311-318 , doi : 10.1016 / j.palwor.2007.01.002 (English).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew, Julia Wiktorowna Sinkina, Justislaw Wladimirowitsch Boschewolnow: Kondratieff waves in global invention activity (1900–2008) . In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change . tape 78 , no. 7 , September 2011, p. 1280–1284 , doi : 10.1016 / j.techfore.2011.02.011 (English, sciencedirect.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew, Julia Wiktornowna Sinkina: Egyptian Revolution: A Demographic Structural Analysis . In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinary . tape 13 , 2011, p. 139-165 (English).
  • Andrei Witaljewitsch Korotajew, Julia Wiktornowna Sinkina, Swetlane Kobzewa, Justislaw Wladimirowitsch Boschewolnow, Darja Andrejewna Chalturina, Artemi S. Malkow, Sergei Jurjewitsch Malkow: A Trap At The Escape From The Trap? Demographic-Structural Factors of Political Instability in Modern Africa and West Asia . In: Cliodynamics: the Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History . tape 2 , no. 2 , 2011, p. 276–303 (English, escholarship.org [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  • The 21st Century Singularity and its Big History Implications: A re-analysis . Journal of Big History 2/3 (2018): 71-118.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Institute for Advanced Study Member List 2003-2004
  2. ↑ a b A. Korotayev: Ancient Yemen . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1994. A. Korotayev: Pre-Islamic Yemen . Wiesbaden 1995.
  3. ↑ A. Korotayev, V. Klimenko, D. Proussakov: Origins of Islam: Political-Anthropological and Environmental Context . In: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae . 53 / 3-4, 1999, pp. 243-276.
  4. ↑ AV Korotayev: Were There Any Truly Matrilineal lineages in the Arabian Peninsula? In: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies , 25, 1995, pp. 83-98.
  5. ↑ AV Korotayev, AA Kazankov: Regions Based on Social Structure: A Reconsideration . In: Current Anthropology , 41/5, 2000, pp. 668-690. World Religions and Social Evolution of the Old World Oikumene Civilizations: A Cross-cultural Perspective . The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston NY 2004.
  6. ↑ A. Korotayev: Form of marriage, sexual division of labor, and postmarital residence in cross-cultural perspective: A reconsideration . In: Journal of anthropological research , 2003, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 69-89, ISSN  0091-7710 . A. Korotayev: Division of Labor by Gender and Postmarital Residence in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Reconsideration . In: Cross-Cultural Research , 2003, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 335-372, doi: 10.1177 / 1069397103253685 .
  7. ↑ A. Korotayev, A. Malkov, D. Khaltourina: Introduction to Social Macro Dynamics: Compact Macro Models of the World System Growth . URSS Publishers, Moscow 2006. AV Korotayev: A Compact Macromodel of World System Evolution . ( Memento of July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 412 kB) In: Journal of World-Systems Research , 11/1, 2005, pp. 79-93 etc.
  8. ↑ AV Korotayev, DA Khaltourina: Introduction to Social Dynamics Macro: Secular Cycles and Millennial Trends in Africa. URSS Publishers, Moscow 2006, ISBN 5-484-00560-4 .
  9. ^ Egyptian Revolution: A Demographic Structural Analysis . In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar , 13, 2011, pp. 139-165.
  10. ↑ Andrey V. Korotayev, Sergey V. Tsirel: A Spectral Analysis of World GDP Dynamics: Kondratieff Waves, Kuznets Swings, Juglar and Kitchin Cycles in Global Economic Development, and the 2008-2009 Economic Crisis . In: Structure and Dynamics , Vol. 4 # 1, 2010, pp. 3–57.
  11. ↑ A. Korotayev, D. Khaltourina: Russian Demographic Crisis in Cross-National Perspective . In: DW Blum (Ed.): Russia and Globalization: Identity, Security, and Society in an Era of Change . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2008, pp. 37-78.
  12. ↑ The International ND Kondratieff Foundation ( Memento from October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Korotajew, Andrei Vitalievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andrey Korotayev; Коротаев, Андрей Витальевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian orientalist, anthropologist, historian and economist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow