Professor Dugin again reiterates his view that Russia should and must make a coherent study of what the West was, what it is, and what about it must be avoided at all costs. Westernology.

Definition of Westernology

It is entirely clear that the civilizational turn in Russian politics cannot maintain an assumption of the universality of Western civilization or tolerate the uncritical acceptance of its foundations and principles. Therefore, it is necessary to radically reassess the attitude towards the West as a whole and, above all, its paradigmatic positions in the field of social sciences. We can no longer accept them at face value without careful and critical examination, and without aligning them with our traditional values and the imperatives of historical education. Western civilization is not only not universal but, in its current state, it is destructive and toxic to the point of deserving the label “Satanic.” This is where the need for Westernology arises, and its meaning becomes clearer.

Westernology is a paradigmatic model for examining Western culture and the humanities, which explicitly rejects the claims of this culture and these sciences to universality, to the ultimate truth, and to the normativity of the criteria that have emerged in this sphere and which the West actively seeks to impose on humanity as something without alternatives.

To the extent its possible, Westerners should also undertake this study.