Western Self-Contempt, Oucophobia in the Decline of Civilizations

Oikophobia is a fear of foreign culture that can be traced back to Ancient Greece, Rome and the present day United States. Not every nation will become oikophobic because not all societies have these prerequisites for self-questioning," says Peter Bergen. Oikophobia arises more as a result of homegrown intellectual movements than Western interference in their own development, writes Bergen.