Sergey Kara-Murza
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Sergey Georgyevich Kara-Murza (Russian: Сеpгей Геоpгиевич Каpа-Муpза) (born January 23, 1939), Soviet and Russian chemist, historian, political philosopher and sociologist.
Sergey Kara-Murza was graduated with degree in chemistry from Moscow State University in 1961. Between 1966 and 1972 he worked as a Soviet chemical specialist in Cuba. In 1983 Sergey Kara-Murza defended his doctoral thesis in history of science and technology and in 1988 became a professor. Sergey Kara-Murza taught in Russia and Spain and authored several publications and academic studies dedicated to history, science and society. His most prominent work Mind Manipulations published in 2000 was dedicated to the alleged manipulation of public opinion by pro-Western mass media in Russia. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Sergey Kara-Murza wrote a number of political and philosophical works on Eurocentrism, Globalization and Color revolutions. His articles were frequent in left-wing Russian newspapers such as Pravda, Alexander Prokhanov's Zavtra and Soviet Russia. Sergey Kara-Murza became known for his anti-Globalization, anti-capitalist and anti-Western views, however, he is also anti-Marxist. His ideological views can be described as Russian "left-wing conservatism". He is related to Vladimir A. Kara-Murza and Vladimir V. Kara-Murza.
