Monografii︠a︡ posvi︠a︡shchena analizu nastupivsheĭ ėpokhi perekhoda chelovechestva k postindustiralʹnoĭ t︠s︡ivilizat︠s︡ii. Ėto vremi︠a︡ rozhdenii︠a︡ i burnogo podʺema novykh tekhnologiĭ, svi︠a︡zyvai︠u︡shchikh s pomoshchʹi︠u︡ Vsemirnoĭ pautiny, sot︠s︡ialʹnykh seteĭ i messendzherov sotni millionov li︠u︡deĭ, prozhivai︠u︡shchikh v raznykh tochkakh planety; tekhnologiĭ, stremitelʹno meni︠a︡i︠u︡shchikh privychnyĭ obraz zhizni, otkryvai︠u︡shchikh pered chelovechestvom novye, ranee nevidannye vozmozhnosti. V prot︠s︡esse ėtogo perekhoda voznikai︠u︡t kharakternye dli︠a︡ vsekh stran traektorii razvitii︠a︡ v sot︠s︡ialʹno-politicheskoĭ, ėkonomicheskoĭ, pravovoĭ, informat︠s︡ionnoĭ sferakh, v sisteme mezhdunarodnykh otnosheniĭ i okhrany okruzhai︠u︡shcheĭ sredy, obrazui︠u︡shchie koridor postindustrialʹnogo razvitii︠a︡. Odnako otkrytym ostaetsi︠a︡ vopros o tom, poglotit li formirui︠u︡shchai︠a︡si︠a︡ postindustrialʹnai︠a︡ t︠s︡ivilizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ sushchestvui︠u︡shchie lokalʹnye t︠s︡ivilizat︠s︡ii.