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Every book Yoram Hazony recommended on podcasts
Across 5 podcasts. Every show Yoram Hazony appears on, in one place — not just one.
Yoram Hazony’s most recommended books
- The Hebrew Bible by Dan Cohn-Sherbok
- Israel and Civilization by Josh Hammer
- The demon in democracy by Ryszard Legutko
- The Strategy of Denial by Elbridge A. Colby
- Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
- Nationalism by Elie Kedourie
- The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
- The Am ha-aretz by Mayer Sulzberger
Yoram Reuben Hazony is an Israeli-American philosopher, Bible scholar, and political theorist. He is president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, having argued for national conservatism in his 2018 book The Virtue of Nationalism and 2022's Conservatism: A Rediscovery. During podcast interviews on programs like The Ezra Klein Show and Interesting Times, Hazony recommended and discussed several key texts shaping political and nationalist thought. He recommended Ryszard Legutko's The Demon in Democracy as a pivotal text for understanding the national conservative movement, Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial to explain contemporary foreign policy perspectives, and Josh Hammer's Israel and Civilization to examine the role and perspective of Jewish national conservatives. Furthermore, during discussions on traditional political orders, he analyzed passages from the Hebrew Bible, noting how ancient empires are viewed as evil compared to localized rule. He also briefly referenced historical chapters from his own book, The Virtue of Nationalism, to clarify widespread misunderstandings regarding conservative thinkers.
Books recommended by Yoram Hazony
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The Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible by Dan Cohn-Sherbok is an ancient foundational collection of religious texts detailing the history, law, and prophetic traditions of the Jewish people.
Discussed“You see this in Hebrew Bible, but you see it in many other sources.”
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Israel and Civilization
Israel and Civilization by Josh Hammer is a contemporary political book exploring the ideological framework and geopolitical role of the Jewish state through a nationalist conservative lens.
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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The demon in democracy
Ryszard Legutko's work explores the historical and philosophical parallels between modern liberal democracy and earlier totalitarian ideologies, arguing that both systems seek a uniformity of human nature.
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
The Strategy of Denial by Elbridge A.
Recommended“The second book I thought to recommend is uh Bridge KBY's Strategy of Denial.”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Stephen R.
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”
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Nationalism
Discussed“by the time you get to the 1960s you get Elie Kaduri is a famous Pro imperialist scholar who wrote a book called nationalism which is kind of an anti nationalist manifesto that blames nationalism for both world wars and and says it's on it's unworkable”
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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”
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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“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”
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Books Yoram Hazony wrote
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Other mentions (8: 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.”
“and I know this because 10 years ago I published a book on the philosophy of the Bible and since then I've had hundreds of conversations”
“and uh I I think I think this hit a high point uh two years ago in 2020 when uh when when people started getting fired from from prestigious academic positions and and media positions for holding you know regular liberal positions that people have had had for decades and uh I I wrote this book in order to try”
“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”
“my father read the fountainhead”
“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”