That's great to hear, Omri. Yeah, it's amazing how short-sighted the "regular" opinions are when it comes to the nation-state. We badly need the meta view in order to make any sense of it at all. That said, I'd definitely recommend the Andre Liebich paper that I link to in the article - he gives a really concise and comprehensive overvie…
That's great to hear, Omri. Yeah, it's amazing how short-sighted the "regular" opinions are when it comes to the nation-state. We badly need the meta view in order to make any sense of it at all. That said, I'd definitely recommend the Andre Liebich paper that I link to in the article - he gives a really concise and comprehensive overview of just how muddled our thinking is on this topic (and he's also got a book coming out this summer - "Cultural Nations and Political Sates" - that I'm excited to check out).
I know it's hard to imagine transitioning to a state that doesn't favor any one nation - especially in Israel where it was so explicitly formed for that purpose. But I think if we have a picture of the kind of social ideals we truly want to work towards, then we can slowly begin to untangle the knots that have formed, not just in Israel but everywhere.
That's great to hear, Omri. Yeah, it's amazing how short-sighted the "regular" opinions are when it comes to the nation-state. We badly need the meta view in order to make any sense of it at all. That said, I'd definitely recommend the Andre Liebich paper that I link to in the article - he gives a really concise and comprehensive overview of just how muddled our thinking is on this topic (and he's also got a book coming out this summer - "Cultural Nations and Political Sates" - that I'm excited to check out).
I know it's hard to imagine transitioning to a state that doesn't favor any one nation - especially in Israel where it was so explicitly formed for that purpose. But I think if we have a picture of the kind of social ideals we truly want to work towards, then we can slowly begin to untangle the knots that have formed, not just in Israel but everywhere.