#425 Azar Gat - Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
RECORDED ON DECEMBER 27th 2020.
Dr. Azar Gat is the Ezer Weizman Professor of National Security at Tel Aviv University, in Israel. He is the founder and head of the University’s International Program in Security and Diplomacy Executive Master’s Program in Diplomacy and Security. He’s also the author of books like A History of Military Thought, War in Human Civilization, and Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism.
In this episode, we focus on Dr. Gat’s book, Nations. What talk about nationalism and its origins, and the different kinds of political organizations people created over time. We discuss the relationship between ethnicity and politics, and modern versus traditionalist views of nationalism. We mention the first nations, and how people moved from tribes to states. We address the specific case of city-states, and China. We then get into nation-states in Europe, from the Middle Ages to modernity. We talk about national identities, and recent nations, particularly in Africa. We distinguish ethnic from civic nations. We deal with the issue of multiculturalism in modern societies. We finish by speculating a bit about the future of nationalism.
Time Links:
Intro
What is nationalism?
Ethnicity and politics
Modernist vs traditionalist views of nationalism
The first nations
From tribes to states
City-states
The case of China
European nationalism, from the Middle Ages to modernity
National identity
Recent nations, and the case of Africa
Ethnic and civic nations
Multiculturalism
The future of nationalism
Follow Dr. Gat’s work!
Follow Dr. Gat’s work:
Faculty page: http://bit.ly/3hkYy8y
Works on ResearchGate: https://bit.ly/3mPv5ET
Amazon page: https://amzn.to/2M6ZKRv
Nations: http://amzn.to/3mVNP5M