Troubled communities: Which nations are prone to existential angst?

 

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Dr. Uriel Abulof, a political scientist at Tel Aviv University, is the author of the new book The Mortality and Morality of Nations. He discusses with host Gilad Halpern the three case studies explored in his book – three national collectives that have been pathologically insecure about the validity of their identity and the viability of their polity: French Canadians, Afrikaners, and Jewish Israelis.

Dr. Abulof is a recipient of the 2016 AIS-Israel Institute Young Scholar Award.

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2 comments on “Troubled communities: Which nations are prone to existential angst?

  1. Nasdaq7 says:

    The Afrikaners saw no wall could keep the spies, saboteurs, terrorists, illegal immigrants, criminals, terrorists, out and that’s why the abandoned the multi-state solution. They just overran the cities, neighborhoods, properties overnight.

  2. Nasdaq7 says:

    And I just want to add, the fears of Afrikaners was real, not imaginary:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fzRSE_p1Ys

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