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[Tamir] pits nationalism against globalism and finds the former preferable.... Not a defense of Trumpian politics but a measured explanation of why the American populace was so receptive to both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. --Kirkus With clarity and insight, Why Nationalism describes the challenges posed by the recent turn to populist nationalism in Western liberal democracies. Yael Tamir brings a better and more thoughtful understanding of nationalism to bear on this hot topic than most other contributors. This is a useful book for readers perplexed by contemporary politics and looking for a guide. --Bernard Yack, Brandeis University A book for our times, Why Nationalism is carefully argued and fiercely written. Yael Tamir provides an original and incisive account of the 'nationalism of the vulnerable'--the people who are being left behind--expressing a sympathy that is often missing among liberal writers. --Michael Walzer, author of A Foreign Policy for the Left

With clarity and insight, Why Nationalism describes the challenges posed by the recent turn to populist nationalism in Western liberal democracies. Yael Tamir brings a better and more thoughtful understanding of nationalism to bear on this hot topic than most other contributors. This is a useful book for readers perplexed by contemporary politics and looking for a guide. -Bernard Yack, Brandeis University A book for our times, Why Nationalism is carefully argued and fiercely written. Yael Tamir provides an original and incisive account of the `nationalism of the vulnerable'-the people who are being left behind-expressing a sympathy that is often missing among liberal writers. -Michael Walzer, author of A Foreign Policy for the Left [Tamir] pits nationalism against globalism and finds the former preferable.... Not a defense of Trumpian politics but a measured explanation of why the American populace was so receptive to both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. -Kirkus Progressives are getting nostalgic for nationalism. . . . Why Nationalism is an important contribution to this growing literature. Yael Tamir elegantly recounts nationalism's virtues. ---Peter Spiro, Lawfare Tamir's work makes an important contribution by forcing us to recognize that national feeling, however defined, isn't going away. Her argument is that the resurgence in nationalism derives in part from a reaction against an economic structure whose benefits flow mostly to those at the top, those who have rejected any responsibility for helping their fellow members of the national community. That is an argument progressives can and should incorporate into their presentation. But we can't do that if we reject the very idea of a national community, what Tamir defines as the `political we.' ---Ian Reifowitz, Daily Kos Interesting and provocative. . . . Highly ambitious. ---Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times

With clarity and insight, Why Nationalism describes the challenges posed by the recent turn to populist nationalism in Western liberal democracies. Yael Tamir brings a better and more thoughtful understanding of nationalism to bear on this hot topic than most other contributors. This is a useful book for readers perplexed by contemporary politics and looking for a guide. -Bernard Yack, Brandeis University A book for our times, Why Nationalism is carefully argued and fiercely written. Yael Tamir provides an original and incisive account of the `nationalism of the vulnerable'-the people who are being left behind-expressing a sympathy that is often missing among liberal writers. -Michael Walzer, author of A Foreign Policy for the Left This terrific book is just what the doctor ordered for today's political climate: a clear-eyed, no-nonsense defense of nationalism that successfully rescues it from the extremists. Going far beyond the obvious reality that the nation-state is back, Why Nationalism presents a principled case for why we need it politically. This is a serious contribution to our global debate, and I hope it is widely read. -Dani Rodrik, author of Straight Talk on Trade

With clarity and insight, Why Nationalism describes the challenges posed by the recent turn to populist nationalism in Western liberal democracies. Yael Tamir brings a better and more thoughtful understanding of nationalism to bear on this hot topic than most other contributors. This is a useful book for readers perplexed by contemporary politics and looking for a guide. --Bernard Yack, Brandeis University A book for our times, Why Nationalism is carefully argued and fiercely written. Yael Tamir provides an original and incisive account of the 'nationalism of the vulnerable'--the people who are being left behind--expressing a sympathy that is often missing among liberal writers. --Michael Walzer, author of A Foreign Policy for the Left This terrific book is just what the doctor ordered for today's political climate: a clear-eyed, no-nonsense defense of nationalism that successfully rescues it from the extremists. Going far beyond the obvious reality that the nation-state is back, Why Nationalism presents a principled case for why we need it politically. This is a serious contribution to our global debate, and I hope it is widely read. --Dani Rodrik, author of Straight Talk on Trade

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Yael (Yuli) Tamir is president of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design and adjunct professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. A founder of the Israeli peace movement, she is a former Labor Party member of the Knesset and formerly served as Israel's minister of education and minister of immigration absorption. She is the author of Liberal Nationalism (Princeton). She lives in Tel Aviv.

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