Jason Jorjani
| Jason Reza Jorjani | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Lecturer and former editor-in-chief of alt-right publisher Arktos Media |
Jason Reza Jorjani (born c. 1981) is a former New Jersey Institute of Technology lecturer and former editor-in-chief of alt-right publisher Arktos Media.[1][2] He is also the founder of the AltRight Corporation and AltRight.com, which he collaborated on with alt-right leader Richard Spencer before resigning in August 2017, for the stated reason that he was concerned about the populist base Spencer was cultivating.[3] Spencer and Jorjani had met at a National Policy Institute conference, at which both of them spoke, that became famous after attendees gave Roman salutes as Spencer led the crowd in shouting "Hail Trump!"[4] Jorjani's ideas have been described as similar to those of Dark Enlightenment philosopher Nick Land.[5]
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Early life and education
Jorjani was born and raised in Manhattan, New York, the only child of an Iranian immigrant father and a mother whose ethnicity he describes as a "Northern European mix".[1] He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University, and received a PhD in philosophy from Stony Brook University on Long Island in 2013.[6]
Prometheus and Atlas
Jorjani's first book Prometheus and Atlas, was published by Arktos in February 2016. James J. O'Meara notes that "each chapter is a kind of mini-seminar on topics ranging from precognition to pragmatism, from Schelling to Shelley (Mary and Percy), from Kant's aesthetics to alien abduction."[7] The book won the 2016 Parapsychological Association Book Award, being described by the Association as "an incredibly ambitious synthesis of western thought -- actually, global thought".[8]
Controversy
In September 2017, Jorjani was suspended from his teaching position[9] because of a surreptitiously-taken video in which Jorjani spoke of a future where concentration camps would return to Europe and Adolf Hitler would appear on European currency. Jorjani claimed that his remarks were taken out of context and that he was making a "nightmarish prediction of a future that would follow from western policymakers' failure to address the Muslim migrant crisis".[10] Due to his commentary about Jahweh, Allah, and certain high-ranking Nazi officials, Jorjani has been accused of antisemitism and Islamophobia, both of which he vehemently denies.[11] In a New York Times interview, Jorjani claimed to be in touch with people who have a direct line to U.S. President Donald Trump. A White House spokesperson said, "We have no knowledge of any conversations or contact with this person."[12]
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