Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-01-15
Lex Fridman, Yaron Brook & Yoram Hazony: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #256
#256 – Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony
Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Yoram Hazony is a national conservative.
Yoram Hazony discussed The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine and Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Yaron Brook discussed The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Lex Fridman discussed The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine is a classic Enlightenment-era work that evaluates traditional religious institutions and offers a rationalist perspective on faith and morality.
Discussed“and pain writes a book called the age of reason and the age of reason is a a manifesto for here is the answer to political and moral problems throughout history”
Where to get it
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The Social Contract
Discussed“when i say i'm just talking about the social contract yeah but the social contract there's similarity between others”
Where to get it
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The Virtue of Nationalism
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.
Discussed“you wrote the book the virtue of nationalism contrasting nation states with empires and with global governance like united nations and so on”
Where to get it
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is Adolf Hitler's notorious autobiographical manifesto detailing his political ideology and antisemitic worldview.
Discussed“if you pick up i i don't recommend doing this but if you do actually reading it right now mine conference right if you do read mineconf then you'll see that he says explicitly that the goal is for germany to be the the lord of the earth and mistress of the globe”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and the co-author of free market revolution and equal is unfair”
“and the co-author of free market revolution and equal is unfair”
“author of the virtue of nationalism and an upcoming book called conservatism a rediscovery”
“author of the virtue of nationalism and an upcoming book called conservatism a rediscovery”
“my father read the fountainhead”