I was invited to Australia by the Centre for Independent Studies to give a series of talks in mid-October 2023. During my visit, I did an interview with Robert Forsyth on the relationship between liberalism and nationalism. The podcast has just been posted (15 January 2024).
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Thank you for this excellent discussion, Dr. Measheimer. I would have liked for the notion of patriotism vis-a-vis nationalism included in the presentation because you mentioned that nationalism could have a very dark side. Regardless, your explanation of how nationalism is needed to make liberalism work made a lot of sense, although there seems to be an underlying tension between the notion of individual rights and the simultaneous need to have a sense of community in order for the liberal nation-state to function. I guess it is an example of "gemeinschaft" versus "gesellschaft".
John,
A big newish reality of our world is the power of corporate plutocracy which transcends nation states. You and the rest of us need to theorize how to regulate that power. It can’t be done piecemeal by individual states. Liberalism and nationalism are both unsuited to dealing with these transnational fiefdoms.
Charles