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The Architecture of Self-Hatred

Brutalism, Barbarism, and the Making of Dystopia (updated)

by Matthew Omolesky

April 13, 2019, 12:04 AM

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Matthew Omolesky is a human rights lawyer and a researcher in the fields of cultural heritage preservation and law and anthropology. A Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, he has been contributing to The American Spectator since 2006, as well as to publications including Quadrant, Lehrhaus, Europe2020, the European Journal of Archaeology, and Democratiya.

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The Architecture of Self-Hatred

Brutalism, Barbarism, and the Making of Dystopia (updated)