tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post8374239198238912002..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: The Illiberal Philosopher Behind Putin's Invasion of Ukraine: Alexander DuginLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-79369147520200167922022-03-20T14:36:26.410+00:002022-03-20T14:36:26.410+00:00Yes, Dugin is a gnostic in the style of Rene Gueno...Yes, Dugin is a gnostic in the style of Rene Guenon's Traditionalism.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-14488527519133811372022-03-20T13:48:55.525+00:002022-03-20T13:48:55.525+00:00Larry,
I have always found Dugin to be very much ...Larry,<br /><br />I have always found Dugin to be very much what Eric Voegelin would label a gnostic thinker and thus rather quite difficult than either Heidegger or Schmitt. The import of the spiritual and the mystical play in Dugin's model of judgment and decision. I think Voegelin would even go further to argue that Dugin is very much a gnostic thinker who advances a millennialist political theology which is repacked as a political theory resting on geopolitical reality (albeit through a lens of Eurasian consciousness which is wholly radically different from that of Western consciousness). <br /><br />Dugin's recent talk "Special Operation Z" should be rather eye-opening:<br />https://www.geopolitica.ru/article/vremya-z-na-chasah-istorii cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13347008101977796061noreply@blogger.com