Elementy Explained

Editor:Aleksandr Dugin
Category:Political magazine
Founder:Aleksandr Dugin
Founded:1992
Finaldate:2000
Country:Russia
Based:Moscow
Language:Russian

Elementy (Russian: Elements) was a political magazine which was started and published by Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Its subtitle was Evraziiskoe Obozrenie (Russian: Euroasian Review).[1] It existed between 1992 and 2000 and was the mouthpiece of neo-Eurasianism in Russia.[2]

History and profile

Elementy was launched by Aleksandr Dugin in 1992. It was modeled on French new right publication Éléments.[3] Dugin himself described it as the Russian spin off of Éléments which also had Italian and German versions, Elementi and Elemente, respectively.[4] Alain de Benoist, French journalist, briefly served as a board member of Elementy in 1992, but resigned from the post due his disagreement with Dugin.[3]

Elementy was started as a biannual publication, but later it came out annually.[1] Dugin edited it between 1992 and 1998.[5] The magazine covered articles on Eurasianism, philosophy, occultism, and religion. The first issue featured articles by the Russian generals who were heading various departments at the Academy of the General Staff.[5] It attempted to clear the way for the acceptance of the traditionalism by Russians.[5] The magazine had a circulation of 5,000-10,000 copies.[1]

Elementy folded in 2000.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John B. Dunlop. Aleksandr Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics. The Europe Center. 22 January 2023. 2006.
  2. Eduard G. Solovyev. Geopolitics in Russia—science or vocation? . Communist and Post-Communist Studies. March 2004. 37. 1. 90. 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2003.12.009. 48609489.
  3. Tamir Bar-On. The French New Right's Quest for Alternative Modernity. Fascism. 2012. 1. 1. 20. 10.1163/221162512X631198. 153968851. free.
  4. Anton Shekhovtsov. Aleksandr Dugin's Neo-Eurasianism: The New Right à la Russe. Religion Compass. July 2009. 3. 4. 697–716. 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2009.00158.x.
  5. Web site: 1, 3, 10, 13. Marlene Laruelle. Aleksadr Dugin: A Russian Version of the European Radical Right. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 22 January 2023. Washington, D.C.. Occasional Papers. 2006.
  6. Web site: Миры Алистера Кроули. VK. 22 January 2023. ru. 5 October 2015.