Douglas Murray Bio | Wiki
Douglas Murray is a British Intellectual, author, and political commentator. He founded the Centre for Social Cohesion in 2007, which became part of the Henry Jackson Society. Douglas served as an associate director from 2011 to 2018.
He is also an associate editor of the conservative-leaning British political and cultural magazine The Spectator. Douglas has also written columns for publications such as The Wall Street Journal. His views and ideology have been linked to far-right political ideologies by multiple academic and journalistic sources.
Douglas Murray Age
Douglas was born on July 16, 1979, in London, United Kingdom. He is 43 years old.
Douglas Murray Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.73 m).
Douglas Murray Family
He was born and raised in Hammersmith, London, by his parents. Dohlas’ mother is an English, civil servant mother, and his father is a Scottish, Gaelic-speaking school teacher. He has one elder brother. He holds British nationality.
Douglas Murray Partner | Wife
Douglas is gay and is a supporter of same-sex marriage. He has not shared with the public whether he is dating or single. He has described himself as an atheist, having been an Anglican until his twenties, but has described himself variously as a cultural Christian and a Christian atheist, and believes that Christianity is an important influence on British and European culture.
Douglas Murray Education
He attended West Bridgford School in Nottinghamshire. Later, Douglas was awarded a music scholarship at St Benedict’s School, Ealing, and later at Eton College. Subsequently, he went on to study English at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Douglas Murray Books
His books include
Neoconservatism: Why We Need It (2005)
Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies and the Saville Inquiry (2011)
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2017)
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity (2019)
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason (2022).
Douglas Murray War On The West
In 2021 Douglas published The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason. The book was characterized by Gerard Baker as an examination of attempts to destroy Western civilization from sources within. It also argues that westerners are waging war against whiteness.
Douglas Murray Joe Rogan
In September 2020 during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast Douglas compared accepting trans people to a “late-empire sign of things falling apart”. He also opposes transgenders competing in sports and trans surgeries for children. He has stated that he thinks there is no such thing as non-binary gender.
Douglas Murray Madness Of Crowds
He wrote about social justice and identity politics in his 2019 book The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity which became a Sunday Times bestseller. It was also nominated as an audiobook of the year for the British Book Awards.
In the book, Douglas points to what he sees as a cultural shift, away from established modes of religion and political ideology, in which various forms of victimhood can provide markers of social status.
He divides his book into sections dealing with different forms of victimhood, including types of LGBT identity, feminism, and racial politics. Douglas criticizes the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault for what he sees as a reduction of society to a system of power relations. His’s book drew polarized responses from critics.
Douglas Murray Podcast
In 2016, he appeared on the podcast The Milo Yiannopoulos Show, which is hosted by the eponymous far-right figure. Atheist author Sam Harris has hosted him on a podcast. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Sohrab Ahmari have praised Murray’s work and writing on Islam in Europe.
Douglas Murray Spectator
He is also an associate editor of the conservative-leaning British political and cultural magazine The Spectator. In 2016, Douglas organized a competition through The Spectator in which entrants were invited to submit offensive poems about Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with a top prize of £1,000 donated by a reader.
Douglas Murray Salary
He serves as an associate editor of the Spectator, therefore, he earns a decent income. Douglas’ average salary is $73,650 per year.
Douglas Murray Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Douglas’ estimated net worth is $930,500.
Is Douglas Murray Married
Douglas is gay and is a supporter of same-sex marriage. He has not shared with the public whether he is dating or single.