The Understanding of Human Rights in the Neo-Eurasianist Doctrine

Neo-Eurasianism as a political doctrine is a descendant of the Eurasianist thought in the interwar period and L.N. Gumilev’s ethnological speculations during the Soviet era. Similarly to the oldest generation, Neo-Eurasianists, respond to the trauma of the lost empire in their thought: denying the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a0d1833f502146cf9c715c79084b06ef2021-11-27T13:11:18ZThe Understanding of Human Rights in the Neo-Eurasianist Doctrine10.12797/Politeja.18.2021.71.061733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/a0d1833f502146cf9c715c79084b06ef2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/3712https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 Neo-Eurasianism as a political doctrine is a descendant of the Eurasianist thought in the interwar period and L.N. Gumilev’s ethnological speculations during the Soviet era. Similarly to the oldest generation, Neo-Eurasianists, respond to the trauma of the lost empire in their thought: denying the leading position of the victorious competitor, they also deny the Western understanding of human rights. The polemic is conducted by a group of Russian visionaries, such as A. Panarin, A. Dugin, V. Korovin, as well as by much more pragmatic Kazakh theoreticians of law led by Z. Busurmanov. The Neo-Eurasianist narrative generally rejects the Lockean absolutization of inalienable individual’s rights and emphasizes the communitarian aspect instead. Russian Neo-Eurasianists blame the Western ideologists for treating human rights as a diplomatic weapon against foreign independent powers and try to present the liberal concept as a speculative idea. However, contrary to the Russian tradition, the idea of individual rights is not rejected in the Kazakh legal theory; it is presented in the light of a necessity to protect the right to cultivate one’s identity in the realities of a multiethnic state. Joachim DiecKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleEurasianismhuman rightsRussiaEurasiaKazakhstanLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 18, Iss 2(71) (2021)
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topic Eurasianism
human rights
Russia
Eurasia
Kazakhstan
Law
K
Political science
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human rights
Russia
Eurasia
Kazakhstan
Law
K
Political science
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Joachim Diec
The Understanding of Human Rights in the Neo-Eurasianist Doctrine
description Neo-Eurasianism as a political doctrine is a descendant of the Eurasianist thought in the interwar period and L.N. Gumilev’s ethnological speculations during the Soviet era. Similarly to the oldest generation, Neo-Eurasianists, respond to the trauma of the lost empire in their thought: denying the leading position of the victorious competitor, they also deny the Western understanding of human rights. The polemic is conducted by a group of Russian visionaries, such as A. Panarin, A. Dugin, V. Korovin, as well as by much more pragmatic Kazakh theoreticians of law led by Z. Busurmanov. The Neo-Eurasianist narrative generally rejects the Lockean absolutization of inalienable individual’s rights and emphasizes the communitarian aspect instead. Russian Neo-Eurasianists blame the Western ideologists for treating human rights as a diplomatic weapon against foreign independent powers and try to present the liberal concept as a speculative idea. However, contrary to the Russian tradition, the idea of individual rights is not rejected in the Kazakh legal theory; it is presented in the light of a necessity to protect the right to cultivate one’s identity in the realities of a multiethnic state.
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