Ethnopolitics: Nationalism, Identity and the Future of the West

The modern West claims to have moved beyond identity. This book argues that it never did—and that the return of ethnopolitics is already reshaping the political landscape.

In this collection, Keith Woods brings together essays spanning history, anthropology, genetics, and contemporary politics, including several published here for the first time. Drawn from his most widely read work, they are unified by a single question: who governs, and in whose name?

From the deep origins of human conflict and cooperation to the structure of modern Western states, these essays trace how group identity continues to shape power, legitimacy, and social order. They examine the expansion of administrative regimes, the divergence of elite and popular interests, and the political consequences of demographic change across Europe and the wider West.

As existing frameworks lose their explanatory power, Ethnopolitics offers a clear and systematic account of the forces now driving political transformation.

Praise for ETHNOPOLITICS

“Keith Woods is emerging as one of the West's most original younger thinkers. His essays are astonishingly wide-ranging, sometimes disconcerting, always compelling. They will prove foundational in the next great metapolitical project: the resurrection of ethnonationism.”
— Peter Brimelow, Former Editor of VDARE and National Review

“Ethnic nationalism is the only moral and practical solution to the problems of globalism, mass migration, and multiculturalism. Keith Woods is one of the most accomplished of a rising generation of ethnic nationalists. His new book Ethnopolitics demonstrates its relevance to a wide range of political issues, showing why ethnopolitics is the wave of the future. I highly recommend Ethnopolitics to all my readers.”
— Greg Johnson, Editor/Founder of Counter-Currents

“I’m very glad to see that Keith Woods is now releasing a new collection of many of his meatiest articles from the last couple of years, covering subjects ranging from politics to economics to history to anthropology. I’m sure that readers will find them as interesting and well-researched as I did when I originally read them.”
— Ron Unz, Editor/Founder of The Unz Review