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The Virtue of Nationalism
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony has been mentioned in 12 episodes across 5 podcasts (2 episodes recommend it and 10 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Bryan Dean Wright (1 episode), Michael Knowles (1 episode) and Dave Rubin (5 episodes) on The Rubin Report (5 episodes), The Ezra Klein Show (3 episodes) and Modern Wisdom (2 episodes).
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Strong nations actually, strong democratic nations, that's what actually brings peace.
Questions about The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony
Who recommends The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony on podcasts?
Bryan Dean Wright (1 episode) and Michael Knowles (1 episode) have recommended The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony on podcasts. In all, 8 people brought it up across 5 podcasts (2 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Virtue of Nationalism the most?
The Rubin Report (5 episodes), The Ezra Klein Show (3 episodes), Modern Wisdom (2 episodes), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
Is The Virtue of Nationalism recommended, or only discussed?
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony was recommended in 2 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 10 episodes, as of 2025-08-01.
What do people say about The Virtue of Nationalism?
Bryan Dean Wright on The Rubin Report (2020-01-12): "Strong nations actually, strong democratic nations, that's what actually brings peace."
When was The Virtue of Nationalism last mentioned on a podcast?
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony was last discussed on The Ezra Klein Show by Ezra Klein on 2025-08-01.
What they say about it
- Brought peace through strong nations“strong nations actually, strong democratic nations, that's what actually brings peace”2
The best things said about it
Yoram Hazony, the the writer of Virtue of Nationalism, Israeli philosopher, is really good.
Michael Knowles Modern Wisdom · Jun 2021 In 2018, Yoram Hazony, an Israeli political theorist, released a book that became a sensation on the right. It was called The Virtue of Nationalism and it sought to build a right that could withstand the challenge that liberals like Obama had posed.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Aug 2025 This happened in the shadow of him publishing a book called The Virtue of Nationalism that a lot of people in the early Trump circles were passing around and were big fans of.
You wrote the book The Virtue of Nationalism contrasting nation states with empires and with global governance like United Nations and so on.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jan 2022 The book that I reference in the chapter, The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony his whole argument is that every nation should be able to set its own laws.
Michael Shermer The Rubin Report · May 2020 Before we get into the book and it's called The Virtue of Nationalism and just even just saying the word nationalism sort of sets bells off for a lot of people.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Apr 2019 Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
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8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony is a political theory book that defends the nation-state and examines the historical and philosophical roots of nationalism against global governance and empires. The book has sparked significant discussion among prominent commentators. On Modern Wisdom, Michael Knowles recommended the Israeli philosopher's work while discussing serious conservative writers, and Bryan Dean Wright similarly brought up the book on The Rubin Report to illustrate how strong democratic nations foster peace. Ezra Klein frequently referenced the book across multiple episodes of The Ezra Klein Show, using Hazony's text to explore the intellectual foundations of the nationalist revival on the right, analyze early Trump circle politics alongside guest Emily Jashinsky, and debate apparent tensions between nationalist theory and liberal tolerance. Additionally, Lex Fridman engaged with Hazony's core thesis by bringing up the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast to prompt a broader debate on national sovereignty versus global governance.
Every mention
Bryan Dean Wright It's not purely, like when people say that, you wanna spread democracy, there's somehow it means this sort… 1
“It's not purely, like when people say that, you wanna spread democracy, there's somehow it means this sort of financial thing or capitalist thing, but it actually is, I mean I don't know if you read "Virtue in Nationalism" by Yoram Hazony, it's like, strong nations actually, strong democratic nations, that's what actually brings peace.”
Michael Knowles Yoram Hazony, the the writer of Virtue of Nationalism, Israeli philosopher, is really good. 1
“Yoram Hazony, the the writer of Virtue of Nationalism, Israeli philosopher, is really good.”
Dave Rubin so i reference the book that i have right here by your um Horizonte have called the virtue of nationalism a… 5
“so i reference the book that i have right here by your um Horizonte have called the virtue of nationalism and and i think you guys in the UK have a have a particularly unique experience related to nationalism”
“Yeah, did you by any chance read that book that I've got right there? Yoram Hazony, "The Virtue of Nationalism"?”
“I don't know if you read Virtue in Nationalism by Yoram Hazony, it's like, strong nations actually, strong democratic nations, that's what actually brings peace.”
“you're sure you're familiar with your own house onie and the virtue of nationalism”
“so before we get into the book and it's called the virtue of nationalism and just even just saying the word nationalism sort of sets bells off for a lot of people”
“that that you talk about in the book but that that fit perfectly for this conversation”
Ezra Klein In 2018, Yor Mazonei, an Israeli political theorist, released a book that became a sensation on the right.… 2
“In 2018, Yor Mazonei, an Israeli political theorist, released a book that became a sensation on the right. It was called the virtue of nationalism and it sought to build a right that could withstand the challenge that liberals like Obama had posed.”
“I think the place where you're finding my confusion here because I've read the virtue of nationalism and it would sound I think to a listener like I am interviewing a liberal who is saying to me listen America is this grand experiment and what holds that experiment together is the liberal tolerance of division disagreement and difference”
“so one of the things I did when I was there was I spent some time with yor mazone who like political obsessives here will know as a um Israeli philosopher who wrote a book called The Virtue of nationalism the virtue of Nationals”
Emily Jashinsky this happened in the shadow of him publishing a book called The Virtue of nationalism that a lot of people… 1
“this happened in the shadow of him publishing a book called The Virtue of nationalism that a lot of people in the early Trump circles were passing around and were big fans of”
Lex Fridman you wrote the book the virtue of nationalism contrasting nation states with empires and with global governa… 1
“you wrote the book the virtue of nationalism contrasting nation states with empires and with global governance like united nations and so on”
Michael Shermer The book that I reference in the chapter, "The Virtue of Nationalism" by Yoram Hazony his whole argument is… 1
“The book that I reference in the chapter, "The Virtue of Nationalism" by Yoram Hazony his whole argument is that every nation should be able to set it's own laws”
Yoram Hazony um look the the reason that I um that I bothered with the historical chapters in in the conservatism book i… 1
“um look the the reason that I um that I bothered with the historical chapters in in the conservatism book is is because I I think there's a a um a widespread misunderstanding about about conservative thinkers about Fortescue and Selden and Burke”
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I wrote a book called The Virtue of Nationalism, explaining why that's a good thing. Why you should be a nationalist.”
“Happens that I have a copy of the virtue of nationalism. This is a new expanded edition of the virtue of nationalism seven years later.”
“author of the virtue of nationalism and an upcoming book called conservatism a rediscovery”
“joining me today is the president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem the director of the John Templeton Foundation project in Jewish philosophical theology and the author of several books including the virtue of nationalism”
“so in in those kinds of traditions which I draw on in in my book nationalism is understood to be a principled standpoint that sees the world as governed best when it consists of many independent nations”
“in the book I actually argue that that that this is a biblical ideal right”