An important analysis by Dugin. But what the hell motivates individuals who promulgate the Empire of Lies? It's morality, and nothing less. Ideology encompasses a set of idealistic values to inform and motivate, which is the same as morality. If that morality isn't allied with religion, then it's secular morality, but morality nevertheless. Other than traditional Christianity (sans revisionist history), the curse of Western morality has always been its inherent conflation with universalism. The rationale seems to be that a value does not represent true morality, unless it's universally applicable to all of humanity.
Then comes the little illogical twist, that if it's universally applicable, therefore it must be universally applied, one way or another. That sanctimonious fallacy is what drives Western so-called leaders, with their neoliberalism and rules-based order. But a better label for their antics is woke leftism, a noxious brew of progressivism, postmodernism, nihilism, and narcissism. Wokism is the latest stage of liberalism. Nothing else explains the current state of western civilization so consistently and coherently. In other words, it ain't “greed”, and it ain't “fascism”.
I think Dugin gets the idea of nation and nationalism very wrong. He appears to frame it in terms of 'civic nationalism', which is unity around a set of abstracted values, a flawed concept that can only degenerate into chaos. A nation is instead like an extended family, genetically homogeneous, along with the same culture, traditions, and religion. Such people have the same heritage, predisposed to the same strengths and weaknesses, with the right to form their own geopolitical state that takes advantage of the former and finds solutions for the latter. They work to create a future that is bequeathed to their offspring. Their state has the right to noninterference by other nation-states, as a matter of mutual respect between them. And it's certainly not National Socialism, the boogieman that lurks over every discussion of nationhood.
An important analysis by Dugin. But what the hell motivates individuals who promulgate the Empire of Lies? It's morality, and nothing less. Ideology encompasses a set of idealistic values to inform and motivate, which is the same as morality. If that morality isn't allied with religion, then it's secular morality, but morality nevertheless. Other than traditional Christianity (sans revisionist history), the curse of Western morality has always been its inherent conflation with universalism. The rationale seems to be that a value does not represent true morality, unless it's universally applicable to all of humanity.
Then comes the little illogical twist, that if it's universally applicable, therefore it must be universally applied, one way or another. That sanctimonious fallacy is what drives Western so-called leaders, with their neoliberalism and rules-based order. But a better label for their antics is woke leftism, a noxious brew of progressivism, postmodernism, nihilism, and narcissism. Wokism is the latest stage of liberalism. Nothing else explains the current state of western civilization so consistently and coherently. In other words, it ain't “greed”, and it ain't “fascism”.
I think Dugin gets the idea of nation and nationalism very wrong. He appears to frame it in terms of 'civic nationalism', which is unity around a set of abstracted values, a flawed concept that can only degenerate into chaos. A nation is instead like an extended family, genetically homogeneous, along with the same culture, traditions, and religion. Such people have the same heritage, predisposed to the same strengths and weaknesses, with the right to form their own geopolitical state that takes advantage of the former and finds solutions for the latter. They work to create a future that is bequeathed to their offspring. Their state has the right to noninterference by other nation-states, as a matter of mutual respect between them. And it's certainly not National Socialism, the boogieman that lurks over every discussion of nationhood.
Тешко ми је кад видим слику Дарије иза професора. Почивај у миру.
His analysis of liberalism is sound. But isn't Putin's Russia a globalist state?
Great interview and profoundings.
Спасибо, профессор, за это важное интервью.
Я смог посмотреть его на YouTube, потому что там был доступен перевод.
Спасибо, профессор, от всего сердца.
Моя глубокая любовь к вам.
This is a worthwhile discussion. We need to understand this.