Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2022
Publisher: Cornell University Press

Western Self-Contempt is a comprehensive exploration of the phenomenon of oikophobia, a cultural malaise that affects civilizations during their decline. Benedict Beckeld delves into the theories behind oikophobia, its historical sources, and its impact on society. He argues that oikophobia is the antithesis of xenophobia and that excessive political correctness and riots in the summer of 2020 are expressions of oikophobia. Beckeld contends that understanding oikophobia is essential for understanding these behaviors and attitudes. Western Self-Contempt examines how Western civilizations and cultures evolve from naïve and self-promoting beginnings to states of self-loathing and decline. It concludes with a philosophical portrait of an increasingly interconnected Western civilization and how past events and ideologies have led to a modern culture of self-questioning and self-rejection.
Western Self-Contempt is a comprehensive exploration of the phenomenon of oikophobia, a cultural malaise that affects civilizations during their decline. Benedict Beckeld delves into the theories behind oikophobia, its historical sources, and its impact on society. He argues that oikophobia is the antithesis of xenophobia and that excessive political correctness and riots in the summer of 2020 are expressions of oikophobia. Beckeld contends that understanding oikophobia is essential for understanding these behaviors and attitudes. Western Self-Contempt examines how Western civilizations and cultures evolve from naïve and self-promoting beginnings to states of self-loathing and decline. It concludes with a philosophical portrait of an increasingly interconnected Western civilization and how past events and ideologies have led to a modern culture of self-questioning and self-rejection.

Western Self-Contempt

Western Self-Contempt is a systematic analysis of oikophobia, combining political philosophy and history to examine how Western civilizations and cultures evolve from naïve and self-promoting beginnings to states of self-loathing and decline. Concluding with a philosophical portrait of an increasingly interconnected Western civilization, Beckeld reveals how past events and ideologies, both in the US and in Europe, have led to a modern culture of self-questioning and self-rejection.

Western Self-Contempt

Western Self-Contempt is a comprehensive exploration of the phenomenon of oikophobia, a cultural malaise that affects civilizations during their decline. Benedict Beckeld delves into the theories behind oikophobia, its historical sources, and its impact on society. He argues that oikophobia is the antithesis of xenophobia and that excessive political correctness and riots in the summer of 2020 are expressions of oikophobia. Beckeld contends that understanding oikophobia is essential for understanding these behaviors and attitudes. Western Self-Contempt examines how Western civilizations and cultures evolve from naïve and self-promoting beginnings to states of self-loathing and decline. It concludes with a philosophical portrait of an increasingly interconnected Western civilization and how past events and ideologies have led to a modern culture of self-questioning and self-rejection.

Weight: 498g
Dimension: 159 x 237 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501763182