Richard Hanania is an American political scientist, right-wing eugenicist, and anti-transgender extremist. Hanania claims that “trans ideology is closer to a religion than it is to most political beliefs.”
In 2023, Hanania was revealed to be the author of misogynistic and pro-genocidal posts on white nationalist sites under the pseudonym “Richard Hoste.”
Background
Richard Anton Hanania was born on August 28, 1985 and grew up in Oak Lawn, Illinois. After completing high school early, Hanania attended Moraine Valley Community College, then earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Colorado. Hanania then earned a law degree from University of Chicago and a doctorate from UCLA.
Hanania founded the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), which includes an anti-transgender podcast. Guests include other anti-trans extremists, including Chris Rufo, Aaron Sibarium, Eric Kaufmann, Michael Shellenberger, Razib Khan, Steven Pinker, and Jesse Singal.
“Enlightened Centrists”
Hanania created a list of allegedly “enlightened centrists,” many of whom share Hanania’s disdain for transgender people.
- Peter Beinart
- Jonathan Chait
- Freddie deBoer
- Michelle Goldberg
- Ezra Klein
- Peter Singer
- Noah Smith
- Matt Yglesias
- Scott Alexander Siskind
- Josh Barro
- Patrick Collison
- Jonathan Haidt
- Steven Pinker
- “Progress Studies types”
- Nate Silver
- Alec Stapp
- Andrew Sullivan
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Derek Thompson
- Cathy Young
- “GMU economics department”
- Tanner Greer
- Sam Hammond
- Anatoly Karlin
- Emil Kirkegaard
- Razib Khan
- Megan McArdle
- Virginia Postrel
- Steve Sailer
References
Mathias, Christopher (August 4, 2023). Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym”. HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817 [archive]
Hanania, Richard (August 6, 2023). Why I Used to Suck, and (Hopefully) No Longer Do. Richard Hanania’s Newsletter https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-i-used-to-suck-and-hopefully
Hanania, Richard (October 6, 2022). Why Gender Ideology Can’t Survive Elon. Richard Hanania’s Newsletter https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-gender-ideology-cant-survive
Resources
Richard Hanania (richardhanania.com) [archive]
Substack (substack.com/
- richardhanania
- Richard Hanania’s Newsletter
- Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology
Twitter (twitter.com)
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)