Residing in RuinsThe Social Creation of Borders and the Modern Nation1×Preview0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -2:27-2:27Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.The Social Creation of Borders and the Modern NationAll of the second chapter of The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto BauerBrandon LightyOct 10, 2024∙ PaidShareWherein we cover the entirety of Chapter 2, dealing with the concept of the nation state (as well as a few other side tangents including but not limited to Machiavelli and Abraham Joshua Heschel)A link to the PDF of Otto Bauer’s book here.Find other works by the Regrettable Century here.Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to It Can Be Different to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.Start trialAlready a paid subscriber? Sign inResiding in RuinsInterviews, reading groups, and topical series working through the ruins of today and what could be tomorrowInterviews, reading groups, and topical series working through the ruins of today and what could be tomorrowSubscribeListen onSubstack AppRSS FeedAppears in episodeBrandon LightyRecent EpisodesMarxism and the Dogma of an "Eternal Science"Jul 9 • Brandon LightyProletarian Idealism and Naive CosmopolitanismJul 9 • Brandon LightyWhat Could Have Been as We Enter the Common Ruin of ManApr 1 • Brandon LightyBauer's Utopia and the Proletarian Nation?Jan 27 • Brandon LightyEsoteric Utopian Socialism with Human Sacrifice CharacteristicsDec 18, 2024 • Brandon LightyMarginalization, Imperialism, and the Multinational StateNov 8, 2024 • Brandon LightyUniversalizing the Profit Motive and Sun Worshipping VitalismOct 28, 2024 • Brandon Lighty