Boris Kagarlitsky

Boris Kagarlitsky
Борис Кагарлицкий
Kagarlitsky in 2011
Born (1958-08-29) 29 August 1958
Education
Alma materState Institute of Theatrical Art (GITIS)
Moscow State Social University
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Russian philosophy
SchoolMarxism
World-systems theory
Main interestsPhilosophy, sociology, labour, history, class struggle

Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky (Russian: Бори́с Ю́льевич Кагарли́цкий; born 29 August 1958) is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. He is an associate of the Transnational Institute. Kagarlitsky is the director of Institute of Globalisation Studies and Social Movements (IGSO) and editor in chief of Levaya Politika (Left Politics) quarterly in Moscow. Kagarlitsky founded online platform Rabkor which has a YouTube channel and an online newspaper of the same name.