Richard Sakwa: Democratism & Liberal Authoritarianism
Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, and is widely recognised as the leading Russia scholar in Europe. The Lost Peace: How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255010/the-lost-peace/ The Culture of the Second Cold War: https://anthempress.com/books/the-culture-of-the-second-cold-war-pb Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f
The discussion of ideologies was interesting. Seems to me that every society has form kind of ideology, a lens through which we try to make sense of the world around us and make decisions. The danger is dogmatism, when we cling too fervently to our ideas and fail to adjust and adapt them to an ever-changing world. In Marxism, there is a dialectical relationship between theory and praxis, the two are meant to inform each other.
Also, ideological fervor seems to ebb and flow in societies. During the Russian and Chinese revolutions a strong ideological commitment helped them escape from confines of the semi-feudal past and break the chains of old hierarchies. The Chinese have clearly been more successful at adapting and refining their ideology than the Soviets were, who failed to adapt to changing times, alas.
There was a panel in Moscow with Germans and Russians on June 16th.
German foreign correspondent Ulrich Heyden posted a video documenting it on YT.
I assume translations will follow if there is enough interest.
So far only a raw German-Russian speaking version -
"Which path is Germany taking? - European Institute Moscow Round Table, Patrik Baab, Ulrike Guerot, et al."
due to live translations 160 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeZC2hGmNjI
p.s. I too can only recommend Mr. Sakwa´s book (as his older ones).