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Zoe Booth on 'oikophobia'

Zoe Booth

Zoe Booth

Australian writer and commentator Zoe Booth joins SBS Hebrew to unpack the increasingly debated phenomenon of “oikophobia” - a term describing discomfort with, or hostility toward, one’s own culture, civilisation or national identity. Booth explores how the concept is shaping contemporary debates around Western identity and why questions of belonging and cultural confidence have become so politically charged across the democratic world.


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Australian writer and commentator Zoe Booth joins SBS Hebrew to unpack the increasingly debated phenomenon of “oikophobia” - a term describing discomfort with, or hostility toward, one’s own culture, civilisation or national identity. Booth explores how the concept is shaping contemporary debates around Western identity and why questions of belonging and cultural confidence have become so politically charged across the democratic world.



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