Ep 5: What Makes a Nation?
Guests: Liav Orgad, Rainer Bauböck & Yancey Strickler Series: Network Nations on GreenPill Podcast Listen: Spotify
A rigorous examination of the political theory question at the heart of the Network Nations project: what constitutes nationhood? What generates legitimate political belonging? Can voluntary, non-territorial communities claim the kind of democratic legitimacy that underwrites collective self-governance?
Key Themes
- The legal and philosophical conditions for national belonging and collective identity
- Liav Orgad’s work on “cybernetic citizenship” — how digital networks are reshaping what it means to be a citizen
- Rainer Bauböck’s political theory of transnational belonging and democratic legitimacy
- Yancey Strickler’s Bentoism framework — decision-making that incorporates present and future community interests
- Whether voluntary, opt-in communities can generate the kinship and solidarity that underwrites national identity
- The relationship between cultural distinctiveness and political recognition
Key People
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Liav Orgad | Legal scholar, cybernetic citizenship |
| Rainer Bauböck | Political theorist, citizenship studies, EUI |
| Yancey Strickler | Entrepreneur, Bentoism creator |
| Primavera De Filippi | Co-host |
| Felix Beer | Co-host |
This episode is part of the Network Nations series.