Oicophobia

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Oicophobia is derived from the Greek words οἶκος (meaning: household, house or family) and φόβος ( fear , fear , awe). In psychology, the term describes the fact that the person concerned feels fear in front of houses or of being in houses.

In a political context, oicophobia was described by the British philosopher Roger Scruton as the counterpart to xenophobia . According to Thierry Baudet , oicophobia is a kind of hatred of one's own. The western elites in particular are driven by it. Since the Second World War , Europe in particular has been determined by the idea that the sovereign nation-state is no longer tenable. As a result, a “process of gutting the nation state” by supranational bodies such as the European Union or the World Trade Organization and systematic “dilution” through mass immigration, open borders and multiculturalism began. If this development cannot be overcome, social unrest and tensions between the cosmopolitan elite and the “common people” would increase.

The philosopher Andreas Urs Sommer expressed sharp criticism of Scruton's concept of oicophobia on Deutschlandfunk Kultur . He referred to the need for self-doubt for cultural self-assurance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Psychologie-parapsychologie.com: Fears (phobias) ; accessed on April 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ USA Today : Oikophobia on the rise after Trump win ; January 13, 2017, accessed April 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Roger Scruton preaches the love of home, hearth and home , nzz.ch, September 6, 2012; accessed on July 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Roger Scruton: Green Philosophy: A Conservative Approach. Diederichs, 2013, ISBN 978-3-424-35084-5 . ( Excerpts from Google Books ).
  5. ↑ Thierry Baudet: Oikophobie: The hatred of one's own and its destructive consequences. Ares, 2017, ISBN 978-3-902732-90-3 .
  6. ↑ Ecophobia: The hatred of the own and its destructive consequences , Book Description, Ares-Verlag, 2018.
  7. ↑ Andreas Urs Sommer : self-doubt and Oikophobie Only those who question arises, come on, Germany radio culture, April 6, 2018 deutschlandfunkkultur.de/ YouTube video ; accessed on April 10, 2018.