Episode · The Rubin Report · 2020-05-11
Books mentioned on Pushing Dave On: Nationalism, Drugs, Abortion & Guns | Michael Shermer | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“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”
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper is a monumental political philosophy work from 1945 that defends liberal democracy and critiques historicist theories of societal development.
Discussed“I'm a big pro free speech idea and tolerance, is Carl Poppers "Open Society."”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Don't Burn This Book
“Hi everybody, Michael Shermer here talking to Dave Rubin about his new book, "Don't Burn This Book."”
Own book The Moral Arc
“You know, at the end of the moral arch I sort of speculate about a future, a world without borders. ... Unfortunately since I wrote that in 2015 we've kind of gone the other direction...”
Passing Don't Burn This Book
“Well those were all the right answers so I'm not gonna burn your book after all.”