"... the metaphysics of the Katechonic Empire and a certain experience of Soviet Stalinism, building a solid non-bourgeois and non-liberal state, can be considered a prerequisite for becoming a great people." I do not question the metaphysic of the Katechon but wonder if it is worth anyone's time to consider such a proposition in the context of Hegel whose philosophy seem to have had its day in the sun and is now shaded in eclipse. Perhaps our time is best spent evolving a more intuitive analysis that better suits the present and the ongoing non-localities inherent in the future.
I understand that in Russia, there is great hostility towards Uzbeks who have emigrated (legally or not). This is a clash of civilizations. Is it Islam versus Orthodoxy? Or is it class based. Haves versus have nots? The “other” is not considered to be civilized and act outside of concrete norms and probably their own norms. Yet, the lauded Chechens are Muslims and hero’s. Huntington’s idea was the greater proximity of Islamic cultures and the West. We know that Islam has a rich history from the perspective of civilization. What’s happening? I love your framing of the issues philosophically, but I cannot agree with your prescriptions because they are too vague.
"... the metaphysics of the Katechonic Empire and a certain experience of Soviet Stalinism, building a solid non-bourgeois and non-liberal state, can be considered a prerequisite for becoming a great people." I do not question the metaphysic of the Katechon but wonder if it is worth anyone's time to consider such a proposition in the context of Hegel whose philosophy seem to have had its day in the sun and is now shaded in eclipse. Perhaps our time is best spent evolving a more intuitive analysis that better suits the present and the ongoing non-localities inherent in the future.
I understand that in Russia, there is great hostility towards Uzbeks who have emigrated (legally or not). This is a clash of civilizations. Is it Islam versus Orthodoxy? Or is it class based. Haves versus have nots? The “other” is not considered to be civilized and act outside of concrete norms and probably their own norms. Yet, the lauded Chechens are Muslims and hero’s. Huntington’s idea was the greater proximity of Islamic cultures and the West. We know that Islam has a rich history from the perspective of civilization. What’s happening? I love your framing of the issues philosophically, but I cannot agree with your prescriptions because they are too vague.
Hegel’s dialectic might hold some truth, but his scheme is flawed due to many reasons.
https://open.substack.com/pub/naifalbidh/p/spenglerian-optimism-the-spiral-beyond?r=2q9i6j&utm_medium=ios