Abstract
Autore:
Salvini Giovanni
Titolo:
"Putin e il pensiero eurasiatico"
The Eurasisme is a term recalling the complexity of both
history and bi-continental characteristics of Russia.
Russian historians and sociologists make this messianic idea
go back to the Mongolian domination and the tradition of the
Orthodox Church by which culture, institutions and political
praxis are deeply permeated. The “Eurasian” conception took
hold in XVIII century as a reaction to universalism and
European feeling of Peter The Great but culturally
consolidated during the twenties of XIX century within the
circles of Russian exiled in France. The key concept of
Eurasisme is the claim of being recognized as a distinct
civilization with respect to Western world, in particular a
mix of Asian culture and Christianity, founded more upon the
spirituality rather than on materialist values. The
contemporary champion of Eurasian thought, Aleksandr Dugin,
considers Eurasia, led by Russia, as one of the geopolitical
continental parts by which the world is divided and whose
“mission” is to antagonize the United States, viewed as
herald of negative values and ambitions (universalism,
globalism, imperialism). After some attempts to approach to
the West, Putin has adhered to Eurasisme in an ambiguous
way. The Asian partners, in fact, do not enthusiastically
share its political and economic initiatives in Central Asia
(Eurasian Economic Union). Moreover, China represents a
cumbersome ally/competitor which, in the future, could
menace the Russian supremacy in the Eurasian political
entity.
