Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.81.1.1
An Inquiry into the Nature of “Soft” Oikophobia
Valentino Findrik
orcid.org/0009-0009-5872-4486
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
In this paper the author discusses the concept of oikophobia as defined by the
English philosopher Sir Roger Scruton. The primary aim of the paper is to demonstrate
that one may justifiably differentiate two kinds of oikophobia, which are
referred to in the paper as “hard” and “soft” oikophobia. There is a special emphasis
on proving the latter to be a valid construct. The distinction is proposed by
examining Scruton’s original notions of oikophobia and oikophilia through the
lens of Max Scheler’s phenomenology of love and hate. In addition, several other
authors who have written on phenomena meaningfully related to oikophobia in
the West are discussed in a comparative manner so as to provide the means for
further nuancing of the primary concept of oikophobia. Finally, as an example
of “soft” oikophobia, the author has taken the current issue of the Kosinj Valley
in Croatia.
Keywords
Roger Scruton; Max Scheler; oikophobia; oikophilia; xenophobia; xenophilia; Kosinj; Kosinj Valley
Hrčak ID:
340994
URI
Publication date:
7.1.2026.
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