All the political systems of the modern age have been the products of three distinct ideologies: the first, and oldest, is liberal democracy; the second is Marxism; and the third is fascism. The latter two have long since failed and passed out of the pages of history, and the first no longer operates as an ideology, but rather as something taken for granted. The world today finds itself on the brink of a post-political reality - one in which the values of liberalism are so deeply embedded that the average person is not aware that there is an ideology at work around him. As a result, liberalism is threatening to monopolise political discourse and drown the world in a universal sameness, destroying everything that makes the various cultures and peoples unique. According to Alexander Dugin, what is needed to break through this morass is a fourth ideology - one that will sift through the debris of the first three to look for elements that might be useful, but that remains innovative and unique in itself. Dugin does not offer a point-by-point program for this new theory, but rather outlines the parameters within which it might develop and the issues which it must address. Dugin foresees that the Fourth Political Theory will use the tools and concepts of modernity against itself, to bring about a return of cultural diversity against commercialisation, as well as the traditional worldview of all the peoples of the world - albeit within an entirely new context. Written by a scholar who is actively influencing the direction of Russian geopolitical strategy today, The Fourth Political Theory is an introduction to an idea that may well shape the course of the world's political future. Alexander Dugin (b. 1962) is one of the best-known writers and political commentators in post-Soviet Russia. In addition to the many books he has authored on political, philosophical and spiritual topics, he currently serves on the staff of Moscow State University, and is the intellectual leader of the Eurasia Movement. For more than a decade, he has also been an advisor to Vladimir Putin and others in the Kremlin on geopolitical matters, being a vocal advocate of a return of Russian power to the global stage, to act as a counterweight to American domination.

现代的所有政治制度都是三种不同意识形态的产物：第一种，也是最古老的，是自由民主；第二种是马克思主义；第三种是法西斯主义。后两者早已失败，退出了历史舞台，而前者不再作为一种意识形态运作，而是作为一种理所当然的东西。今天的世界发现自己处在一个后政治现实的边缘--在这个现实中，自由主义的价值观是如此根深蒂固，以至于普通人都没有意识到有一种意识形态在他周围运作。因此，自由主义有可能垄断政治话语，将世界淹没在普遍的同一性中，破坏了使各种文化和民族独特的一切。按照亚历山大-杜金的说法，要突破这个泥潭，需要的是第四种意识形态--它将从前三种意识形态的碎片中筛选出可能有用的元素，但它本身仍然是创新和独特的。杜金并没有为这种新理论提供一个逐点的方案，而是概述了它可能发展的参数和它必须解决的问题。杜金预见到，第四种政治理论将利用现代性的工具和概念来反对自己，实现文化多样性的回归，反对商业化，以及世界上所有民族的传统世界观--尽管是在一个全新的背景下。第四种政治理论》由一位积极影响当今俄罗斯地缘政治战略方向的学者撰写，是对一种很可能塑造世界政治未来进程的思想的介绍。亚历山大-杜金（生于1962年）是后苏联时期俄罗斯最知名的作家和政治评论家之一。除了他在政治、哲学和精神方面撰写的许多书籍外，他目前是莫斯科国立大学的工作人员，也是欧亚运动的思想领袖。十多年来，他也是弗拉基米尔-普京和克里姆林宫其他人在地缘政治事务方面的顾问，是俄罗斯力量重返全球舞台的积极倡导者，以作为美国统治的抗衡力量。