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Ivan Ilyin is Putin’s Favorite philosopher. Read some of his quotes and consider if his doctrine is being followed by Trump.
Ivan Ilyin is Putin’s Favorite philosopher. Read some of his quotes and consider if his doctrine is being followed by Trump.
Ivan Ilyin /1
“The fact of the matter is that fascism is a redemptive excess of patriotic arbitrariness.”
—Ivan Ilyin, 1927
“The fact of the matter is that fascism is a redemptive excess of patriotic arbitrariness.”
—Ivan Ilyin, 1927
Ivan Ilyin /3
“My prayer is like a sword. And my sword is like a prayer.”
—Ivan Ilyin, 1927
“My prayer is like a sword. And my sword is like a prayer.”
—Ivan Ilyin, 1927
Ivan Ilyin /4
“Politics is the art of identifying and neutralizing the enemy.”
—Ivan Ilyin, 1948
“Politics is the art of identifying and neutralizing the enemy.”
—Ivan Ilyin, 1948
Ivan Ilyin /5
“My inner Germans,” Ilyin wrote to a friend in 1915, “trouble me more than the outer Germans.”
“My inner Germans,” Ilyin wrote to a friend in 1915, “trouble me more than the outer Germans.”
Ivan Ilyin /6
According to Ilyin, liberation would arise not from understanding history, but from eliminating it.
According to Ilyin, liberation would arise not from understanding history, but from eliminating it.
Ivan Ilyin /7
“Ilyin left Russia in 1922, the year the Soviet Union was founded. His imagination was soon captured by Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome, the coup d’état that brought the world’s first fascist regime.”
“Ilyin left Russia in 1922, the year the Soviet Union was founded. His imagination was soon captured by Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome, the coup d’état that brought the world’s first fascist regime.”
Ivan Ilyin /8
“Ilyin used the word Spirit (Dukh) to describe the inspiration of fascists. The fascist seizure of power, he wrote, was an “act of salvation.” The fascist is the true redeemer, since he grasps that it is the enemy who must be sacrificed.”
Timothy Snyder
“Ilyin used the word Spirit (Dukh) to describe the inspiration of fascists. The fascist seizure of power, he wrote, was an “act of salvation.” The fascist is the true redeemer, since he grasps that it is the enemy who must be sacrificed.”
Timothy Snyder
Ivan Ilyin /9
“..Ilyin was quick to praise Hitler’s seizure of power in 1933. Hitler did well, in Ilyin’s opinion,to have the rule of law suspended after the Reichstag Fire of Feb 1933. Ilyin presented Hitler..as a Leader from beyond history whose mission was entirely defensive”
“..Ilyin was quick to praise Hitler’s seizure of power in 1933. Hitler did well, in Ilyin’s opinion,to have the rule of law suspended after the Reichstag Fire of Feb 1933. Ilyin presented Hitler..as a Leader from beyond history whose mission was entirely defensive”
Ivan Ilyin /10
“Ilyin’s conception of Russia’s political return to God required the abandonment not only of individuality and plurality, but also of humanity.”
Timothy Snyder
“Ilyin’s conception of Russia’s political return to God required the abandonment not only of individuality and plurality, but also of humanity.”
Timothy Snyder
Ivan Ilyin /10
“In Ilyin’s scheme, this Leader would be personally and totally responsible for every aspect of political life, as chief executive, chief legislator, chief justice, and commander of the military. His executive power is unlimited.”
“In Ilyin’s scheme, this Leader would be personally and totally responsible for every aspect of political life, as chief executive, chief legislator, chief justice, and commander of the military. His executive power is unlimited.”
Ivan Ilyin
“Anyone following Russian politics could see in early 2016 that the Russian elite preferred Donald Trump to become the Republican nominee for president and then to defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election.”
“Anyone following Russian politics could see in early 2016 that the Russian elite preferred Donald Trump to become the Republican nominee for president and then to defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election.”
Ivin Ilyin /12
“He shows us how fragile masculinity generates enemies, how perverted Christianity rejects Jesus, how economic inequality imitates innocence, and how fascist ideas flow into the postmodern. This is no longer just Russian philosophy. It is now American life.”
“He shows us how fragile masculinity generates enemies, how perverted Christianity rejects Jesus, how economic inequality imitates innocence, and how fascist ideas flow into the postmodern. This is no longer just Russian philosophy. It is now American life.”
