Ithaca, NY, Estados Unidos : Northern Illinois University Press ; Cornell University Press, 2022.

x, 250 p. : 24 cm.

Acknowledgments. -- Note on Translation. -- Introduction. -- 1. Oikophobia in ancient Greece. -- 2. Oikophobia as relativism. -- 3. Oikophobia in Rome. -- 4. The role of religion. -- 5. Oikophobia in France. -- 6. Oikophobia in Britain. -- 7. Oikophobia as positivism. -- 8. Oikophobia in the United States: the past. -- 9. Cyclical and progressive theory. -- 10. Oikophobia in the United States: the present. -- 11. The confluence of the west. -- Epilogue: on personal freedom. -- Notes. -- Index. --

Tomado de la solapa: "Western Self-Contempt travels through civilizations since antiquity, examining major political events and the literature of ancient Greece, Rome, France, Britain, and the United States, to study evidence of cultural self-hatred and its cyclical recurrence. Benedict Beckeld explores oikophobia, described by its coiner Sir Roger Scruton as "the felt need to denigrate the customs, culture and institutions that are identifiably 'ours," in its political and philosophical applications. Beckeld analyzes the theories behind oikophobia along with their historical sources, revealing why oikophobia is best described as a cultural malaise that befalls civilizations during their declining days. Beckeld gives a framework for why today's society is so fragmented and self-critical. He demonstrates that oikophobia is the antithesis of xenophobia. By this definition, the riots and civil unrest in the summer of 2020 were an expression of oikophobia. Excessive political correctness that attacks tradition and history is an expression of oikophobia. Beckeld argues that if we are to understand these behaviors and attitudes, we must first understand oikophobia as a sociohistorical phenomenon. 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."

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