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.
Who recommended it
- Dave Rubin Discussed
- Ezra Klein Discussed
- Emily Jashinsky Discussed
- Yoram Hazony Discussed
- Lex Fridman Discussed
- Michael Knowles Recommended
- Michael Shermer Discussed
- Bryan Dean Wright Recommended
Dave Rubin — 6 mentions
Discussed
“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”
Discussed
“Yeah, did you by any chance read that book that I've got right there? Yoram Hazony, "The Virtue of Nationalism"?”
Discussed
“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.”
Discussed
“you're sure you're familiar with your own house onie and the virtue of nationalism”
Discussed
“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”
Discussed
“that that you talk about in the book but that that fit perfectly for this conversation”
Ezra Klein — 3 mentions
Discussed
“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.”
Discussed
“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”
Discussed
“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 — 1 mention
Discussed
“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”
Yoram Hazony — 1 mention
Discussed
“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”
Lex Fridman — 1 mention
Discussed
“you wrote the book the virtue of nationalism contrasting nation states with empires and with global governance like united nations and so on”
Michael Knowles — 1 mention
Recommended
“Yoram Hazony, the the writer of Virtue of Nationalism, Israeli philosopher, is really good.”
Michael Shermer — 1 mention
Discussed
“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”
Bryan Dean Wright — 1 mention
Recommended
“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.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“I wrote a book called The Virtue of Nationalism, explaining why that's a good thing. Why you should be a nationalist.”
Own book
“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.”
Passing
“author of the virtue of nationalism and an upcoming book called conservatism a rediscovery”
Own book
“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”
Own book
“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”
Own book
“in the book I actually argue that that that this is a biblical ideal right”