Meaning of oikophobe | Babel Free

Definitions

One who suffers from oikophobia, especially one who identifies with a global group rather than feelings of patriotism or chauvinism.

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“The oikophobe is, in his own⟳ eyes, a defender of enlightened universalism against local chauvinism. And it is the rise⟳ of the oikophobe that has led to the growing crisis of legitimacy in the nation states of Europe.”

“Derrida is a classic oikophobe in so far as he repudiates the longing for home that the Western theological, legal and literary traditions satisfy⟳.”

“Oikophobia is the repudiation of inheritance and home and he believed it had found its niche in public institutions like⟳ the universities and the BBC that offer⟳ oikophobes (think⟳, in this case, of Guardian readers) 'the power base⟳ from which to attack the simple loyalties of ordinary people.'”

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