Traditionalism’s most influential contemporary revival, Dugin’s Eurasianism, is routinely characterised as being of the radical Right. The Decoloniality theory of Quijano, Mignolo and Ndlovu-Gatsheni, on the other hand, with its intellectual roots in Marxist dependency theory, presents itself as on the progressive Left. Yet, despite their different intellectual genealogies and drastically different reputations, both theoretical approaches have converged on a position with troubling practical consequences: epistemic ethnonationalism, the doctrine that which beliefs one should adopt and which concepts one should employ are determined by which ethnos/ethnie one belongs to. Both approaches deplore acceptance of Western beliefs and employment of Western concepts outside the West, both turn to existential phenomenology to ground their ethnorelativism, and both have influenced contemporary politics. I assess the theoretical underpinnings of both approaches, and argue that if neo-Traditionalism is to be classified as a Rightist body of thought, then Decoloniality theory ought also to be.

George Hull

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Acta Academica is an academic journal dedicated to scholarship in the humanities. The journal publishes scholarly articles that examine society, culture and politics past and present from a critical social theory perspective. The journal is also interested on scholarly work that examines how the humanities in the 21st century are responding to the double imperative of theorising the world and changing it. The journal appears four times a year and two of its issues are thematically focused. The journal is published in English.

Acta Academica is an academic journal focused on the humanities. It publishes scholarly articles that critically examine society, culture, and politics, both past and present, from a social theory perspective. The journal is also interested in research that explores how the humanities in the 21st century are addressing the dual imperative of theorizing the world and changing it. Acta Academica is published quarterly, with two of its issues thematically focused. The journal is published in English.

《Acta Academica》是一本专注于人文学科的学术期刊。该期刊发表的学术文章从批判社会理论的视角审视过去和现在的社会、文化和政治。期刊还关注21世纪人文学科如何应对理论化世界与改变世界的双重任务的学术研究。该期刊每年出版四期，其中两期为主题专刊。期刊以英语出版。

Epistemic ethnonationalism: identity policing in neo-Traditionalism and Decoloniality theory

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