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THE PRESENT RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICT FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF IDEAS
Marek JEDLIŃSKI1
Politics, Ideology, Conflicts
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 5 May 2015
Keywords: ideological foundations, neoEuroasianism, Russian conservatism
Abstract In my article I am analyzing and interpreting ideological foundations of contemporary Russian neo-Euroasianism. This movement is lead by Alexander Dugin – an important representative of Russian conservatism, whose political influences among circles of the highest state authority have been growing lately. I focus mainly on Dugin's ideological discourse towards Central-Eastern Europe and on his interpretation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. What he postulates, is to build an ideocratic orthodox-soviet state, which should include Ukraine and Central Europe. Dugin uses confrontational and excluding language, thus axiologically absolutizing perceived reality.
Zakład Kultury Nowożytnej, Instytut wschodni, Wydział Historyczny Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
E-mail: marekjedlinski@poczta.onet.pl