«Gleb Ervye: Dasha, please tell us, does it not bother you at all when someone introduces you by saying “the daughter of Dugin,” paying

«Gleb Ervye: Dasha, please tell us, does it not bother you at all when someone introduces you by saying “the daughter of Dugin,” paying tribute to Dugin?

Daria Platonova Dugina: Well, it’s actually a great honor to be the daughter of such a person. There are things that people strive for over the course of their whole life — they seek wisdom, ideas, whole bodies of knowledge. All of this was already given to me since my childhood. I remember — well, it’s not about remembering as if to romanticise by biography, but the first episode of my political activism was when I was sitting in my mother’s lap while she watched what was happening at the White House. It was 1993, when my dad was out defending the White House. In ’91, he was for the State Committee on the State of Emergency even though he adhered to anti-communist views. To be born into and live in such an environment where you meet Limonov, Letov, Kuryokhin, great European thinkers like Alain de Benoist and Jean Parvulesco, and many, many others, is a real honor for me. Therefore, I’m proud to bear the standard of “being the daughter.” I’m proud and I will do everything in dignity to bring glory to the name of my father and continue his ideas and struggle.»

— from a 2021 interview, included in Daria Platonova Dugina’s A Theory of Europe

A Theory of Europe: A View of the New Right

In a world increasingly levelled by homogenisation, Daria Platonova Dugina retrieves the vibrancy of European culture by delving into the intellectual renaissance of the French New Right. Exploring the pioneering work of figures like Alain de Benoist and Guillaume Faye, Dugina traces their groundbreaking and provocative reimagining of identity, tradition, and belonging, where the spirit of ideas transcends the conventional boundaries of Left and Right. Through a “Gramscianism from the Right” approach, she analyses how the New Right’s critique of universalist ideologies and its visions of civilisational revival present a cultural counter-hegemony that values rootedness and organic community over the globalist paradigm.

In this unique collection of lectures, essays, and interviews, Dugina highlights the complex intersections of New Right thought with currents like National Bolshevism and Eurasianism, investigating the philosophical and geopolitical frontlines of the fracturing world order. Dugina takes readers on a far-reaching journey beyond the standard ideological spectrum, inviting a deeper understanding of identity politics in the contemporary age. Here, philosophy meets praxis, inspiring those searching for alternatives in today’s monotone world to revisit the foundations and peaks of Europe’s intellectual heritage.

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