Anyone read or consider reading Western Self-Contempt by Benedict Beckeld?

I just listened to a YT video and found the book. It sounds like an interesting study on trends in society toward oikophobia, and no that doesn’t mean fear of Greek yogurt like it sounds. This is how it’s described, “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…Excessive political correctness that attacks tradition and history is an expression 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.” I think it has the potential to be a quite interesting read on our current cultural decline.

by LakesideDreaming