[1] In this theory, the main subject of politics is not individualism, class struggle, or nation, but rather Dasein (existence itself).

[1] From the three other political theories, he discards the aspects he finds unacceptable and highlights what he sees as the positive qualities.

He combines them to form a new political theory based on the 'ethnos', describing this as 'the greatest value of the Fourth Political Theory as a cultural phenomenon; as a community of language, religious belief, daily life, and of sharing resources and efforts; as an organic entity'.

[3] The Globe and Mail columnist Doug Sanders has cited the book in his insistence that Dugin is "the central figure" in the movement behind Russian policy in events such as the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the war in Donbas; Dugin's work and the neo-Eurasianism englobing it are pointed at in this context by Foreign Policy as well (though this particular book is not named).

[4][5] French philosopher Alain de Benoist asserts a similar dynamic in this conflict.