Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-08-01
Books mentioned on The Man Driving the Nationalist Revival on the Right | The Ezra Klein Show
Ezra Klein discussed Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance and The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony. Yoram Hazony recommended The demon in democracy by Ryszard Legutko, The Strategy of Denial by Elbridge A. Colby, and Israel and Civilization by Josh Hammer.
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Hillbilly Elegy
Discussed“Something I've always found interesting about Vance is that if you read Hillbilly Elegy, and I've read it a couple of times, if you take seriously what he is struggling with in that book, one of the things he's struggling with is a sense of being otherred.”
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The Virtue of Nationalism
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.”
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The demon in democracy
Recommended“So, first of all, uh there's uh a a book that was really pivotal that most people haven't heard of called The Demon in Democracy by Rishard Lago.”
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The Strategy of Denial
Recommended“The second book I thought to recommend is uh Bridge KBY's Strategy of Denial.”
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Israel and Civilization
Recommended“Uh, and the third third book, um, there's a a new book by by Josh Hammer, who's a a young Jewish natcon called Israel and Civilization.”
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