Western Self-Contempt : : Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations /

Western Self-Contempt : : Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations / / Benedict Beckeld.

Western Self-Contempt travels through civilizations since antiquity, examining major political events and 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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Beckeld, Benedict,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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

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