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Kurginyan: “Drum-thumping idiotism” stems from shame for involvement in destruction of USSR

“Drum-thumping idiotism,” the neurotic belief in a myth of Russia’s post-Soviet greatness, comes from the shame that the public and the elite experience for their involvement in the collapse of the Soviet Union, philosopher and political scientist Sergey Kurginyan writes in his article ‘Drum-Thumping Idiotism’ Will Kill Russia published in the Essence of Time newspaper.

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Kurginyan: A major war cannot be won on bended knee

If Russia fails to abandon its idolization of the West and its intention to become part of it, it will be unable to win a major confrontation even if it wins the conflict against Ukraine, writes philosopher, political scientist and the leader of the Essence of Time movement Sergey Kurginyan in his article Kurginyan: ‘Drum-Thumping Idiotism’ Will Kill Russia published in issue 491 of the Essence of Time newspaper.

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