Eurasianism as claim to the ideological paradigm of russia

Abstract

The article traces the emergence, evolution and transformation of Eurasian ideas, views and postulates over a considerable (almost a century) period of time, and states the theoretical inability of this phenomenon to acquire the status of the state ideology of the rf. In view of the transformation of the russian orthodox Church into a satellite of the criminal kremlin putin regime, the author refutes the idea of the leading role of russian orthodoxy in shaping the spiritual personality of russians proposed by Eurasians and criticises the postulate of the church's formation of a “symphonic personality”. The author analyses in detail the substantive components of the ideological paradigm of Eurasianism as a defining component of the views and orientations of its authors from the standpoint of the civilisational achievements of mankind, critically assesses certain postulates of Eurasianism regarding the reduction of the functions of the people to the satisfaction of economic needs, the preservation of the hierarchical division of citizens, the ideological, elitist way of forming power, and aggressively messianic views towards other peoples. It is concluded that these views can objectively contribute to the growth of russia's geopolitical ambitions and attempts to realise them in the most dangerous, military way.