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🧵On The Influence of Ivan Ilyin on Putin's Regime
1/ Hi everyone, today we are going to introduce Ivan Ilyin, a Russian Christian fascist writer who exerts a significant influence on the ideology and actions of Vladimir Putin.
#IvanIlyin #Ukraine #Russia #RussianFascism #Putin
1/ Hi everyone, today we are going to introduce Ivan Ilyin, a Russian Christian fascist writer who exerts a significant influence on the ideology and actions of Vladimir Putin.
#IvanIlyin #Ukraine #Russia #RussianFascism #Putin
2/ Therefore understanding #Ilyin's ideas is crucial to comprehend the motivations behind Putin's policies. Let's explore how #Ilyin's ideology shaped Putin's actions.
3/ One key aspect is how Ilyin's ideas influenced Putin's approach towards UKR. Ilyin believed in a Russian-dominated Eurasian empire where nationalites like Ukranian all belonged to Russia. Putin, influenced by this ideology, sought to "punish" Ukraine for its Western leanings.
🧵There is much speculation about what prompted Putin to launch his genocidal war against 🇺🇦. I'll try to explain this with the help of Timothy Snyder's book "The Road to unfreedom".Putin's mindset is important for this. It's shaped by ru philosophers.
Thread today: Ivan Ilyin
Thread today: Ivan Ilyin
One person who is recited by Putin in many speeches and who has great influence on him is the philosopher Ivan Ilyin (1883-1954). His body was transferred to Moscow in 2005 with the support of Putin. Putin also attended his funeral.
Who was Ilyin?He was born in Moscow in 1883 and dealt extensively with the works of Hegel.From these he derived his works,the content of which can be described as"Christian fascism".
A small thread on the mind of #Putin. 🧵
To understand Putin you must understand Ivan Ilyin. This well-recognised fascist intellectual was around more or less a century ago. See the link below to get a better idea of his frightening totalitarian vision..
nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/…
To understand Putin you must understand Ivan Ilyin. This well-recognised fascist intellectual was around more or less a century ago. See the link below to get a better idea of his frightening totalitarian vision..
nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/…
What I find even more compelling is the response to Ilyin and his 1925 work "On The Use of Violence to Resist Evil" (fun title!) and the outright concern about where this sort of path can lead *even then* - pre-Hitler, pre nuclear weapons, pre Cold War, pre terrorism etc etc
Another leading thinker N. A Berdyaev produced a polemic on Ilyin called, "The Nightmare of Evil Good."
The full text is here: berdyaev.com/berdiaev/berd_…
The full text is here: berdyaev.com/berdiaev/berd_…
