Benjamin R. Teitelbaum

Benjamin R. Teitelbaum
Benjamin Teitelbaum speaking at the Conference on World Affairs in 2024
Born (1983-01-27) January 27, 1983 (age 43)
TitleAssociate professor
Academic work
DisciplineEthnographer
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Main interests
Far-right politics, traditionalism, music
Notable works
Lions 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, author, and political commentator. An associate professor of musicology and international affairs at the University of Colorado, Boulder and former Head of Nordic Studies at the same institution, he is best known for his research into far-right ideology and culture and for interviewing and profile major rightwing political actors.

He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, UnHerd, The Nation, and The Atlantic, and he was a recurring guest on The Glenn Beck Program and The Mehdi Hasan Show.

In 2024 Radio France named Teitelbaum in its 100 experts on international relations.

Notable Works

Teitelbaum is the author of Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism (2017), an ethnographic study of music in Scandinavian radical nationalism and the rise of the Sweden Democrats political party.

Teitelbaum published War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right in 2020. Based on extensive interviews Teitelbaum conducted with former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon, as well as Brazilian Olavo de Carvalho, Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, Jason Jorjani, and Gabor Vona. The book argued that all of these figures had varying relationships with the Traditionalist School, and it also exposed meetings held between Bannon, Dugin, and Carvalho in 2018 and 2019.

War for Eternity was called “the best outsider’s portrait of Bannon” by Vanity Fare, and was an editor's pick for the Financial Times and Dagens Nyheter and book of the year by Estadão. It was controversial among its main subjects. Olavo de Carvalho condemned the book, prompting a celebration of it by Carvalho's detractors, like Brazilian pop star Caetano Veloso. Alexander Dugin called the book "One of the first efforts to understand our position, not to demonize us. Or maybe to demonize us but at the same time trying to understand. I think Teitelbaum is sincere and correct."

References

  1. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (November 13, 2015). "Sweden's Self-Inflicted Nightmare". New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (March 13, 2022). "Sweden's New Debate Over Joining NATO". WSJ. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (December 1, 2021). "The Left is wrong on capital punishment". UnHerd. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (April 8, 2020). "Covid-19 Is the Crisis Radical 'Traditionalists' Have Been Waiting For". The Nation. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (September 12, 2018). "In Sweden, Populist Nationalists Won on Policy, but Lost on Politics". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (March 27, 2021). "The People Who Pray for the Apocalypse". Youtube. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ Teitelbaum, Benjamin (April 7, 2020). "Meet The Guy Some Call Putin's Brain". Youtube. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ Martel, Frédéric (October 13, 2024). "100 nouveaux penseurs et experts des relations internationales (et quelques experts plus habituels)". France Culture (in French). Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Pogue, James (October 9, 2024). "Steve Bannon Is Out of Jail, and He Has a Plan for Trump's Next Term". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Summer books of 2020: Politics". www.ft.com. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Annie Reuterskiöld: Här är sommarens fem bästa böcker om politik". DN.se (in Swedish). July 10, 2026. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Melhores livros de 2020: Veja seleção dos colunistas do Estadão". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  15. ↑ Olavo de Carvalho (December 14, 2020). Trapaceiros - 2. Retrieved October 12, 2026 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  17. ↑ Jack Murphy Live (December 2, 2021). Alexander Dugin - JML #080. Retrieved October 12, 2026 – via YouTube.