Alexander Dugin | "Fascism--Borderless and Red" | Philosophers Explained | Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour.

In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses Alexander Dugin's 1997 paper proposing a new Russian fascism.

Alexander Dugin (1962- ) is a Russian political philosopher. His thought is influenced by Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger.

His daughter, Darya Dugina, was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow on August 20, 2022.

Timestamps:
01:02 The text
02:41 Twentieth century ideologies: liberalism, communism and fascism
04:10 Stages of history?
05:51 What do we mean by fascism?
06:58 National capitalism is alien to fascism
10:20 Fascism is fashioned on socialistic economics
12:27 The fascist loves the brutal, superhuman, and angel-like
13:04 Fascist progenitors
16:41 Historical practice of fascism
18:15 National capitalism is the enemy of fascism
20:27 The nature of fascism is a new hierarchy, a new authority
22:27 Russian socialism
26:45 A new type of people: young, malicious, merry, fearless
31:15 The borderlessness of the new Russian Fascism




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