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Author : V. Berezko
Member of the Union of Russia's Writers, Candidate of Science (History)
STUDIES of the problems of modern civilization hold a special place
in the recently published monograph by one of Russia's prominent
legal scholars, Doctor of Law, Professor Robert Yengibaryan.
Engibaryan not only examines the above issues in his research papers
and books, but he also raises them in his literary works. In his novel
Oh, Mart!, he wrote: "Radical shifts affecting the essence of man, all
his inner world and behavior, occur when a culture built on the basis
of certain religion undergoes a change."1 It should be emphasized that
such a research paradigm determines all of Professor Yengibaryan's
work. In a broad sense, the author views culture as a factor shaping
human nature, which has an impact on the individual's attitude to such commonly known things
as love, family, and social responsibility.
Professor Yengibaryan notes that Christianity has started to lose its influence as a world religion.
"The Christian religion laid the groundwork for the emergence of modern civilization which
discovered the new worlds and continents, explored outer space, and harnessed nuclear and hy-
drogen energy for the peoples' good. Now, however, Christianity has been shrinking like fertile
lands and disappearing in various parts of the world."
In the opinion of Yengibaryan, a country's successful development should be judged by "human
dimension, index and potential of the population's intellectual development."
Professor Yengibaryan already wrote in his earlier works about the benefits of the mutual influ-
ence that different cultures exert on each other.
Professor Yengibaryan justly indicates that the radicals have been trying to juxtapose two world
religions - Christianity and Islam, which is really the Devil's scheme, as both religions carry the
idea of Good. Regrettably, however, many organizations are aimed at radicalizing inter-confes-
sional relations.
The author believes that "international Islamic religious, political, financial and economic, and
educational organizations created at different times, have been exerting a strong negative impact
on the development of Islamic civilization and seeking to coordinate and control the Muslims'
internal and external life in individual countries and worldwide."
One more aspect should also be mentioned which Professor Yengibaryan examines throughout
his work, namely, the policies of leading nations of the world, primarily the United States, that
have ultimately been contributing to a growth in the numbers of radical Islamists.
In conclusion, we would like to point out the following: it is obvious that Robert Yengibaryan's
new book will get mixed reactions and evoke a whole range of various opinions and judgments.
But it is also clear, however, that this monograph will not be left unnoticed.
Электронное приложение к журналу «Международная жизнь»
Pressing Issues of Modern Civilizational Trends