A sematian, are you pessimistic or optimistic about this debate about citizenship and nationalism? Well, i'm incredibly optimistic about the fact we were able to havea polite disagreements in a liberal democracy here this evening. I'm pessimistic, along with elif i so indorse her point about being too complaisant about moderate nationalism, staying moderate. If that's where moderate nationalism takes us, its time to fight back for senc of openness. Two things really happened just in the last two weeks which were extraordinary to me: Jean marie lepens memoir has become the best sellar in france. And the right wing coalition in italy is devoted to resurrecting the memory of
In this archive debate, we revisit a discussion from 2018 when an assembled panel of smart thinkers gathered to reflect on the concept of nationhood, nationality and the impact of former UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s infamous 2016 speech that proclaimed, “If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere.” The discussion featured guests including the commentator and author David Goodhart, award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, former diplomat David Landsman and historian Simon Schama. Hosting the the episode was journalist and broadcaster Kamal Ahmed.
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