Benjamin R. Teitelbaum
Born (1983-01-27) January 27, 1983 (age 40)
TitleAssociate professor
Academic work
DisciplineEthnographer
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Main interestsFar-right politics,
Traditionalism,
Music
Notable worksLions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism (2017),
War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right (2020)

Benjamin Raphael Teitelbaum (born January 27, 1983) is an American ethnographer and political commentator. An associate professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder and former Head of Nordic Studies at the same institution. He is best known for his ethnographic research into far-right groups in Scandinavia and commentary on immigration, and is frequently cited as an expert in Scandinavian and American media.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

His writing has appeared in outlets including The New York Times,[7] The Wall Street Journal,[8]UnHerd,[9] The Nation,[10] and The Atlantic,[11] and he was a recurring guest on The Glenn Beck Program[12] and The Mehdi Hasan Show.[13]

Books

Teitelbaum is the author of Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism (2017), an ethnographic study of radical nationalists in Scandinavia,[14] as well as War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right (2020), which explores the role of Traditionalism in the thinking of figures like Steve Bannon, Olavo de Carvalho, Jason Jorjani, Gabor Vona and Aleksandr Dugin.[15]

References

  1. ^ TT (July 28, 2011). "Behring Breivik inspirerad av musik". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. ^ Berit Nygren (July 7, 2013). "Främlingsfientlig musik tar på sig offerroll visar ny avhandling". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  3. ^ Karin Eriksson (November 11, 2014). "Sverigedemokraterna Mattias Karlsson kliver ut ur skuggan". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  4. ^ Molly Jackson (November 8, 2015). "Is the Anti-Immigration Right on the Rise in Sweden?". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  5. ^ Courtney Coelho (May 16, 2013). "Teitelbaum: Sounds of Swedish Nationalism". Brown University. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. ^ Susanna Michelsen (September 19, 2014). "Amerikansk rapportering om svenska valet". Alingsås Tidning. Archived from the original on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  7. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (November 13, 2015). "Sweden's Self-Inflicted Nightmare". New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  8. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (March 13, 2022). "Sweden's New Debate Over Joining NATO". WSJ. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  9. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (December 1, 2021). "The Left is wrong on capital punishment". UnHerd. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  10. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (April 8, 2020). "Covid-19 Is the Crisis Radical 'Traditionalists' Have Been Waiting For". The Nation. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  11. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (September 12, 2018). "In Sweden, Populist Nationalists Won on Policy, but Lost on Politics". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  12. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (March 27, 2021). "The People Who Pray for the Apocalypse". Youtube. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  13. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (April 7, 2020). "Meet The Guy Some Call Putin's Brain". Youtube. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  14. ^ Skinner, Ryan T. (2018). "Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism. Benjamin R. Teitelbaum. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 232 pp". American Ethnologist. 45 (2): 281–282. doi:10.1111/amet.12638. ISSN 1548-1425.
  15. ^ Teitelbaum, Benjamin R. (2020). War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-199204-4.


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