Doom and Gloom and Alexander Dugin

Aleksandr Dugin

Introduction to a post by JMSmith about Alexander Dugan:

Alexander Dugan is a Russian political philosopher and alleged Rasputin to Vladimer Putin.  You may recall that Dugan’s daughter was not long ago killed by a car-bomb, likely planted by Ukrainian assassins.  I have not read any of Dugan’s books—and I understand they are effectively banned in this sweet land of liberty—but I did recently read the transcript of an interview with the man.

Dugan is a man of the right who promotes what he calls the “fourth political philosophy.”  He argues that Modernity produced three political philosophies—Liberalism, Communism, and Fascism—and that Liberalism emerged from their contest triumphant because it is the most thoroughly modern of the three.

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Dugan’s fourth political philosophy has no name because it remains a work in progress, . . .

The rest of his post is a little too esoteric for me. Dugan, or Dugin, depending on who you ask, it one of Vladimir Putin's advisors. Putin, the President of Russia, recently met with American President Donald Trump in Alaska. I've never heard of this Dugan before, so I go looking around and found this tidbit on Goodreads:

“What we are against will unite us, while what we are for divides us. Therefore, we should emphasise what we oppose. The common enemy unites us, while the positive values each of us are defending actually divides us. Therefore, we must create strategic alliances to overthrow the present order of things, of which the core could be described as human rights, anti-hierarchy, and political correctness – everything that is the face of the Beast, the anti-Christ or, in other terms, Kali-Yuga.” ― Alexander Dugin

Whoo-boy, that's a different take on things, but what is this Kali-Yuga?  Google's short answer is:

The Kali Yuga is the fourth and current epoch in the Hindu cycle of ages, characterized as the "Age of Darkness" or a period of moral decline and spiritual deterioration, leading to increased conflict, vice, and a decline in human virtues and lifespan. It is also known as the age of the demon Kali, and is characterized by societal breakdown, diminished intellect, and a focus on superficiality, though some interpretations suggest the end of its cumulative negative aspects is near.

Kali, you may remember is the demon being worshipped at the climax of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom:

Kali Ma Scene | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1994)
Ultimate Action Movie Club

Well, that's encouraging.