The New Age of Nationalism with Dr. Yoram Hazony

The Global Cable

On this episode of The Global Cable, Perry World House Inaugural Director, and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor William Burke-White is joined by Dr. Yoram Hazony, President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, and Director of the John Templeton Foundation‘s project in Jewish Philosophical Theology, to discuss the global rise of nationalism and populism across the world and a new Perry World House report explaining this New Age of Nationalism.

Read the report HERE!

Yoram Hazony is President of the Herzl Institute. He is the founder and past President of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, now Shalem College. His books include The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel’s Soul, and God and Politics in Esther. Hazony is director of the John Templeton Foundation’s project in Jewish Philosophical Theology, and a member of the Israel Council for Higher Education committee on Liberal Studies in Israel’s universities. He holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Political Theory from Rutgers University.

00:28 - Introduction with Associate Director Prof. Mike Horowitz

10:22 - "The Virtue of Nationalism" by Yoram Hazony

13:08 - Nationalism as a glue to support the Global Order

17:40 - Brexit as a Reassertion of Nationalism

22:25 - Nationalism's role at the domestic level

25:15 - The Politicization of Nationalism

29:10 - Nationalism Looking Forward

33:50 - Outro

Producer & Music by Tre Hester