“Hazony masterfully blends a deep grasp of history, political philosophy, theology, and common sense with originality and clarity in what will be one of the most-discussed books of this dawning new age of the nation.”
– Patrick Deneen, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
“Yoram Hazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism belongs among the great works of political theory. Hazony presents a radical, even dangerous thesis: What if nationalism is not the scourge that today’s left views it as, but rather the best hope humanity has? The Virtue of Nationalism mounts a necessary challenge to the liberal order of the day.”
– Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion Editor, The Forward
“In this engaging and deeply learned book, Yoram Hazony explores the religious and historical roots of nationalism, illuminates its modern accomplishments, and thereby offers a uniquely insightful guide to the forces transforming the politics of the West.”
– Yuval Levin, Editor, National Affairs
“Hazony’s book is profound as well as accessible and well-crafted, reflecting years of inquiry and reflection into a subject of unparalleled importance. Political figures, scholars, and the broader public will have to think carefully about this remarkable book.”
– Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency
“This book by Yoram Hazony is fantastic.”
— Ben Shapiro, Editor of The Daily Wire and author of The Establishment is Dead
Nationalism is the issue of our age. In The Virtue of Nationalism, Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony makes the positive case for nationalism in an honest, reasoned, morally unflinching way. This book offers an eye-opening rethinking of the modern political experience.
It recounts how English, Dutch, Scots and American Protestants revived the Old Testament’s love of national independence—and how their nationalism freed them from the vision of world empire promoted by the German-Catholic Holy Roman Emperors. It was this Protestant reconstruction of the political world that brought national freedom to peoples from Poland to India, and from Israel to Ethiopia.
But since the 1960s, the tide has turned against the ideal of national independence. Both in America and Europe, “globalists” now see unfettered national self-determination as having been responsible for two World Wars and the Holocaust. The answer they have offered us—“global governance”—is well-intentioned. Yet in advancing it, they have reawakened hatreds they didn’t count on: The old war between Protestant nationalists and Catholic universalists that destroyed much of Europe in the 17th century has returned.
Hazony argues that in view of this renewed clash between nationalism and universalism, we will have to make a choice: Either a world of independent states, or a renewal of the ideal of universal empire—which means, inevitably, American empire.
The Virtue of Nationalism compares the options before us, and suggests that if it’s freedom we want, we should fight to preserve a world of independent nations.
Discussion With George Weigel
Hazony Nationalism Lecture
God, Conservatism and Nationalism Lecture
Reviews & Media
Breno Rodrigo, Jornal do Commercio (Portuguese)
Barry Tigay, Jewish News Syndicate
Johan Hardoy, Polemia (French)
Matthew d'Ancona, The New European
Shea Bradley-Farrell, The European Conservative
Suzanne Schneider & Yotam Hotam, New Statesman
Max-Erwann Gastineau, Le Figaro (French)
Eric Guevara-Frey, Radio Télévision Suisse (French)
Gilles-William Goldnadel, Valeurs Actuelles (French)
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Tysol (Polish)
Charles Enderlin, Le Monde Diplomatique (French)
Tyler Dalton McNabb, Cambridge University Press
Antonio Pita, El País (Spanish)
Charles Enderlin, Monde Diplomatique
William Wolfe, Center for Renewing America
Stephen Waldron, Theology and Society
William Wolfe, Freedom Interest
Christian Watson, Christian Watson
Steven Hayward, Spectator World
Katherine Thompson, Center for Renewing America
Benjamin Kerstein, By Benjamin K. (Substack)
Yoram Hazony, Wszystko Co Najważniejsze (Polish)
Gerard Baker, Free Expression (WSJ)
Michael Lind, The National Interest
Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs
Ed West, Wrong Side of History (Substack)
Jan Śliwa, Wszystko Co Najważniejsze (Polish)
Claire Levenson, Marianne (French)
László Bernát Veszprémy, Mandiner (Hungarian)
Liliane Messika, Tribune Juive (French)
Pierre-Yves Rougeyron, Front Populaire (French)
Balázs Orbán, The European Conservative
Olivier F. Delasalle, Olivier F. Delasalle Blog (French)
Caleb Zakarin, Wesleyan University Honors Thesis
Michaela Quast-Neulinger, Religions
Pierre Heumann, Handelsblatt (German)
Pierre Heumann, Weltwoche (German)
Grant N. Havers, The European Legacy
Kathy Gyngell, Conservative Woman
Bent Bludnikow, Berlingske (Danish)
Mattia Ferraresi, Il Foglio (Italian)
Ethan Alexander-Davey, Political Science Reviewer
David Conway, Political Science Reviewer
Paul Gottfried, Political Science Reviewer
Michael Harding, Political Science Reviewer
Yoram Hazony, Political Science Reviewer
Ryszard Legutko, Hungarian Review
Heather Pangle, National Affairs
Erwan Le Noan, Le Point (French)
Matt Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
Sumantra Maitra, The Federalist
Dave Rubin, Rubin Report (video)
Geeta Guru-Murthy, BBC News (video)
Murtaza Hussein, The Intercept
Cliff May, International Orders and Disorders (podcast)
Scott McConnell, American Conservative
ISI Conservative Book of the Year Award
Angelo Codevilla, Claremont Review of Books
Gilles Paris, Le Monde (French)
Glenn Moots, University Bookman
Jerry Bowyer, Townhall (III)
Constanze Stelzenmuller, Financial Times
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Nicholas Kaster, American Thinker
Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times
Johan Wennström, Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish)
Malte Persson, Expressen (Swedish)
Peter Ollson, Svensk Tidskrift (Swedish)
Henry George, Merion West (II)
Taylor Lewis, American Thinker
Garreth Bloor, Law and Liberty
Mali Brofsky, Lookstein Center
Clifford May, Washington Times
Doug Petrikat, American Thinker
David Weinberg, Jerusalem Post
L. Joseph Hebert, Public Discourse
Ingo Way, Juedische Allgemeine (German)
Dalibor Rohac, American Interest
Suzanne Schneider, Foreign Policy
Brad Littlejohn, Davenant Institute
Marc Plattner, Journal of Democracy
W. James Antle, American Conservative
Stefan Kornelius, Suddeutsche Zeitung (German)
Brianna Rennix and Nathan Robinson, Current Affairs
Guisseppe Portonera, Atlantico (Italian)
Yoram Hazony, Prager University (video)
Aaron Howard, Jewish Herald Voice
William Burke-White, The Global Cable (podcast)
Diana Muir Appelbaum, American Affairs
Dominic Green, Spectator USA (podcast)
Jason Jones and John Zmirak, The Stream
Eric Schliesser, Digressions and Impressions
Daniel Polisar and Sarah Rindner, Mosaic
George Coman, Romania Libera (Romanian)
Herbert Stupp, Washington Times
Simon Pettersson, Bakom Kulisserna (Swedish)
Peter Leithart and Alastair Roberts, Theopolis Podcast
Jeff Deist, Mises Weekends (Video)
Laura Ingraham, Ingraham Angle Interview
Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Yoram Hazony, C-SPAN Book TV (video)
Donald Devine, Imaginative Conservative
Jonah Goldberg, The Remnant (Podcast)
Max Diamond, RealClear Books Interview (II)
Matt McManus, Merion West (II)
Michael Kimmage, National Interest
Jason Willick, Wall Street Journal
Theodore Dalrymple, Law and Liberty
William Anthony Hay, Law and Liberty
James Pinkerton, American Conservative
Daniel Schmidt and Michael Hartmann, City Journal
Marco Gervasoni, Atlantico (Italian)
Alberto Mingardi, Cato Journal
Bob Martin, Advocate-Messenger
Park Macdougald, New York Magazine
Juan Davalos, American Greatness
Laura Ingraham Show (radio)
Richard Reinsch, Law and Liberty Podcast
Max Diamond, RealClear Book of the Week
Paul Krause, Front Porch Republic
Christopher DeMuth (full essay)
Christopher DeMuth, Jewish Review of Books
Frank Gaffney, Secure Freedom Radio
John Baxter, NPR Jefferson Exchange
Ben Domenech, Federalist Radio Hour
Spencer Moore and Cecilia Gallogly, AEI Banter
Micah Meadowcroft, Free Beacon
Michael Knowles Show (II)
Daniel McCarthy, National Interest
Alberto Mingardi, Library of Economics and Liberty
William Galston, Walter Russell Mead, Yoram Hazony (video)
Adam Rubenstein, Weekly Standard
Larry O'Connor Show (II)
Austin Ruse, Center for Family and Human Rights
Peter Berkowitz, RealClear Politics (II)
Melanie Phillips, The Times (London)
Yoram Hazony, Wall Street Journal (VI)
Mike Gonzalez, Daily Signal (I)
Daniel Pipes, Philadelphia Inquirer
Stuart Varney, Fox Business News
Yoram Hazony, Wall Street Journal (V)
Batya Ungar-Sargon, The Forward
Sumantra Maitra, Claremont Review of Books
Paul Gottfried, American Conservative
Friedrich Hansen, New English Review
Yoram Hazony, Wall Street Journal (IV)
Yoram Hazony, Wall Street Journal (III)
Donald Devine, Law and Liberty
Yoram Hazony, Wall St. Journal (II)
Yoram Hazony, Wall St. Journal (I)
Peter Berkowtiz, John Batchelor Show
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics (I)
Ofir Haivry and Yoram Hazony, American Affairs
Blogs
John O'Sullivan, Hungarian Review
Pierre Lurcat, Dreuze.Info (French)
Garrett Papit, Live Wire Daily
Joaquin Rabago, La Opinion (Spanish)
Steve Hayward and Carnes Lord, CRB Christmas Reading 2018
Jules Gomes, Republic Standard
Jonathon Van Maren, Bridgehead
Yoram Hazony, Twitter (thread)
Keith Koffler, Washington Examiner
Alex Nowrasteh, Cato at Liberty
G. Murphy Donovan, New English Review
Nick Hubble, Capital and Conflict
Pierre Lemieux, Library of Economics and Liberty
A. Joseph Lynch, Anthropology of Accord
Mike Gonzalez, Daily Signal (II)
Aaron Bondar, American Conservative
Tom Doniphon, American Greatness
Richard Saunders, Libertarian Barbarian
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
Ira Stoll, Future of Capitalism
Marc DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum
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Eric Schliesser, Digressions and Impressions (I)
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