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Humans have been territorial since before they were humans, so the term is describing an old (and useful) thing in a new, ugly way. Its nicer equivalent would
by mynameishere 5y ago
Humans have been territorial since before they were humans, so the term is describing an old (and useful) thing in a new, ugly way. Its nicer equivalent would be homophilia (fear of the other vs. love of the same) though I doubt that would catch on.
- krona 5y agoOikophilia is a term many labeled as Xenophobic would prefer. It is based not in hate of outsiders but in love of one's community.
- atoav 5y agoAltough if you talk with xenophobic people, they often tend to explain it as some sort of deep feeling of disgust, rather than love of their community. This is also why foreigners are often called "dirty" or "filthy" - not because they are, but because this expresses the xenophobes feelings towards them. Granted. Maybe there are people who are just "rational xenophobes" who have no ill feeling against the foreigner, but feel they are taking away from their community, but just anecdotally those are exceptionally rare (and often fall back to the disguist thing after a few beers). I have yet to meet such a person, but okay anecdotal evidence.. There is btw. a whole field of studies that researches the links between disgust and xenophobia, for example: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30639587/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30639587/