Platonismo politico

In a nutshell Dugin proposes that politics need philosophy to work properly. He gives examples of different types of pairings of philosophy and politics and states that what may be popular in the west is not suitable for Russia.

retarded

I agree with his critique of democracy and his historical analysis of pre Socratic’s. But then it rambles on like he just read Heidegger drunk and he creates this bizarre strategy to counter western modernity with a twisted interpretation of being and time and Plato. I’d recommend the first 3 chapte Leggi tutto

Not the best work by Dugin When I started reading this book, I was really excited, especially after reading the first two chapters which were really interesting and raised my expectations about a critique of the modern world from a political Platonist perspective. Instead, this work is a compilation Leggi tutto

This collection of Dugin's works provides a valuable insight into the effect Plato has had on all of political philosophy and the necessary interconnection between the two fields. He utilizes Heidegger's existentialism alongside Plato to show readers how to theorize and conceive of political ideas a Leggi tutto

I'm not well-studied on philosophy and so many references in this book were lost on me. I'll endeavor to read more of the mentioned (in this book) philosophers which might explain to me why I think the way I do and others completely different.

Interesting guide on history of political ideologies