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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: From Russia with Evil: The Philosophy of Alexander Dugin
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Ziemowit Gowin discuss the political philosophy of Alexander Dugin, a Russian philosopher whose collectivist theory has been influential in empowering the opposition to Western liberalism in Russian culture.
Among the topics covered:
Dugin’s philosophical influence in Russia;
Dugin’s collectivist “Fourth Political Theory” vs. liberalism;
The philosophical basis of the Fourth Political Theory;
The deadly consequences of Dugin’s political theory;
Ayn Rand on Russia’s culture of mysticism;
Dugin’s appeal to the political right.
Mentioned in this podcast and relevant to the discussion are Ayn Rand’s August 1967 inter...