Western Self-Contempt: Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations, Cornell University Press, May 15, 2022. The book traces the historical apparition of oikophobia - hatred or disparagement of one's own culture - as a type of social decadence that will arise under a particular set of circumstances, from ancient Greece to the present, and then discusses its philosophical implications within cultures.
RECENT NEWS:
August 25, 2026: My article on “ethnic memory” was just published by The European Conservative.
August 24, 2026: I participated in my first YouTube livestream, as a guest, with our cue being my recent critique of Gad Saad’s notion of “suicidal empathy”.
August 11, 2026: I gave an interview to the Swedish Epoch Times, in Swedish.
July 25, 2026: New Swedish interview, on some details connecting the signs of decadence of various civilizations.
June 23, 2026: I was interviewed by Australian TV personality Erin Molan, on oikophobia but also on the reactionary kind.
June 19, 2026: I was interviewed by Zoe Sankey of Quillette for their Quillette Cetera podcast.
March 8, 2026: My newest article is out, arguing against the idea of a universal We.
February 16, 2026: I gave a second interview to Riks Studios, this time on the kerfuffle about my article of January 25.
January 25, 2026: An article of mine on Islam was published in Sweden, in Swedish. My much fuller treatment of the subject, from 2023, is here.
November 14, 2025: I had a fourth conversation with Aron Flam, also about Mamdani and the state of New York and American Jewry. A snippet is here.
UPCOMING:
An interview with the University of Austin (summer 2026).
New book manuscript: Art and Anarchy: Socio-Political Reflections on Aesthetics.
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