Are Human Rights a Western Invention?

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Alexander dugan doesn't believe in human rights at all. He thinks they're a western invention, he says. Woman would be sent back to a very traditional role of procreation and taken care of men, minorities. Sodogin hase some respect for mostly minorities, but at the same they would be given right at a religious minority. But individuals themselves would be deprived. It sounds quite frightening, that future. And i wonder, is it really fashism we should be talking about?

Freddie Sayers meets Marlene Laruelle.

Aleksandr Dugin, the ultra-nationalist Russian philosopher and erstwhile organiser of the National Bolshevik Party, has been referred to as ‘Putin’s brain’. Professor Marlene Laruelle, the world’s leading expert on Dugin, says his influence is no longer direct. Dugin stated mission is to preserve the "Russian soul" and expand the Eurasian empire in defiance of the West. Today, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increasingly isolated global position feels like some of these visions have become a dark reality. Freddie Sayers sat down with Laruelle to seek a deeper understanding of the oft-quoted concept of the "Russian soul", what Dugin wants and how Putin might be able to help him get it.

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