História, neo-eurasianismo e extremismo em Alexander Dugin

Abstract

This article aims to study the foundations of the so-called Fourth Political Theory developed by Russian thinker Alexander Dugin in 2009. This theory is presented by the author as a political alternative that confronts the changes promoted by modernity, here seen as Western ideological elements that, according to the author, are being imposed on other civilizations in the world, and especially in the Russian case. Thus, we will analyze how Alexander Dugin understands the concepts of neo-Eurasianism, civilization, globalism and gender in this theory presented. For this, we will use as a source the book The Fourth Political Theory originally released in 2009, but we will use an English-language version released in Russia in 2012. Our hypothesis is that the author builds an explanation from history to justify his political theory. The periodization of this research is situated from the end of the 20th century until the present moment of the 21st century. The research is related to history of the present time, political history, philosophy and geopolitics.