RAT PROTIV "CARSTVA LAŽI": MORALNO-ESHATOLOŠKI VIDIK U GEOPOLITIČKOJ MISLI ALEKSANDRA DUGINA I PUTINOVA "SPECIJALNA VOJNA OPERACIJA"
WAR AGAINST THE "EMPIRE OF LIES": THE MORAL-ESCHATOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IN ALEXANDR DUGIN'S GEOPOLITICAL THOUGHT AND PUTIN'S "SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION"

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the paper is the relationship between Putin's justification of the war in Ukraine, as well as his foreign policy and geopolitical views, with the geopolitical thought of Russian philosopher Alexandr Dugin. Since the beginning of the "special military operation" in February 2022 there has been a surge in interest for understanding Dugin's geopolitical views and the Russian world-historical mission, his Eurasianism, because of which the already controversial "Putin's brain" has become widely read in the West. While the parallels between Dugin's claims and Putin's, as well as Kremlin-issued statements in general, is staggering, the paper aims to show their ideological connections, rather than any possible personal relations between them. The goal of the paper is philosophical, and consists of highlighting the moral-eschatological characteristics of Dugin's geopolitical thought and his critique of the West, as well as the complementary characteristics of Putin's justification of the war in Ukraine. Subsequently, the paper offers their critique in light of the relationship between Dugin's geopolitical and eschatological determinism on the one hand, and on the other, his neglect of the freedom of action and decision making which are precluded by his determinism, but are necessary conditions for his moral critique of the West.

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