The Fourth Political Theory

The Fourth Political Theory
	Cover of the 2009 Russian edition
Author	Aleksandr Dugin
Original title	Четвертая политическая теория
Translator	Mark Sleboda and Michael Millerman
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Subject	Political theory
Published	2009 (Amfora)
Published in English	2012 (Arktos Media)
Pages	351 (Russian edn.)
ISBN	978-5-367-01089-3

The Fourth Political Theory (Russian: Четвертая политическая теория, Chetvertaya Politicheskaya Teoriya) is a book by the Russian political analyst and strategist Aleksandr Dugin, published in 2009. In the book, Dugin states that he is laying the foundations for an entirely new political ideology, the fourth political theory, which integrates and supersedes liberal democracy, Marxism, and fascism.^[1] In this theory, the main subject of politics is not individualism, class struggle, or nation, but rather Dasein (existence itself).^[2]

The book has been cited as an inspiration for Russian policy in events such as the war in Donbas,^[3] and for the contemporary European far-right in general.^[4]

References[]

^ Dugin, Alexander (2012). The Fourth Political Theory. Translated by Mark Sleboda; Michael Millerman. Arktos Media. p. 213.
^ "Dugin's 'Fourth Political Theory' and Postmodern Rage". 26 May 2018.
^ Saunders, Doug (22 March 2014). "Has Putin bought into these dangerous ideas?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ "Golden Dawn and Russian neo-Nazism". GR Reporter. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.