The Planet of Reason

The book considers the social aspect of the problem, traces the historical trends in its development, and its ideological content. It also analyses the principal differences between the socialist and the capitalist attitude towards nature and shows the possibility for optimal interaction between people and the environment when natural resources and the means of production are public property.

The problem of the interrelationship between society and nature has acquired a global scale and international significance, for the scientific and technological revolution has unprecedentedly increased mankind’s influence on the surrounding material world.