Dear CCI Friends,
I’ve been asked by Paul Grenier of the Simeon Weil Center for Political Philosophy to pass the word about this webinar on Thursday, October 28. This is short notice because Paul has just returned from travel to Russia.
“Is Russia Fascist” is a terrific topic to explore. More interesting to me, “Is Russia Post Liberal?” Having just read Grenier’s announcement, I conclude that I am Post-Liberal. Labels never interested me much, but I want to explore this one. At last I can see where I’ve come from as a protesting teenager into long years of adult life to where I find myself today at age 85. “Post-liberals seek to build constructive alternatives that combine greater economic justice with more social solidarity,” the material says. That fits with where I am. How about you?
Please attend the following if you can, and let’s discuss further.
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
Webinar, Thursday, Oct. 28
(3 PM – 4:15 PM, EST)
What is Russia’s National Idea?
A discussion with Marlene Laruelle, author of Is Russia Fascist?
Discussants:
Anatol Lieven
Nicolai Petro
Paul Robinson
Paul Grenier (moderator)
Zoom webinar link:
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About the Event: Marlene Laruelle is one of our leading scholars of the Russian domestic political order, perhaps especially as regards those parts of it that are on the right. Laruelle’s recently published book (see Paul Robinson’s review), does not find the Russian state to be plausibly ‘fascist’, but instead to be ‘illiberal’ or ‘postliberal.’ Far from closing the matter, this leaves open a range of crucial questions. Can a ‘postliberal’ Russia still be compatible with ‘the West’? What kind of Russian regime might, even in principle, be considered ‘legitimate’ from the perspective of those outside Western actors who, for the past decade almost, have appeared hostile to all things Russian? Further, as can be seen from the Russian president’s recent lengthy address at the Valdai Conference, President Vladimir Putin has just recently renewed his embrace not only of the relatively liberal Russian philosopher Nicholas Berdyaev, but also the far more conservative Ivan Ilyin and the Eurasianist Lev Gumilyev. What does this augur for Russia’s relation with the West – and, indeed, for the regime’s relationship with its people and intelligentsia? Does Putin’s recent speech require a rethinking of Laruelle’s conclusions, or, to the contrary, does it confirm them?
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