Are the Russians Less Individualistic Than We Are?

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The revival of orthodoxy arrives early, in nineti so as soon as the sovietinian collapse. So it was much more a rediscovery by russian of their religious tradition. The conservative values narrative is arriving later as the reaction to what the regime consider being too much kind of the west on russia. But if we look at sociological survis here, we can see that the russian society care more about the place of the individual in the societies.

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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