World Wars and Ideologies: Nationalism and Marxism

Rabbi Ze'ev Sultanovitch continues his series exploring the intellectual roots of the World Wars, focusing on 19th-century empires, the rise of modern nationalism from Napoleon to the Spring of Nations, and Karl Marx's materialist view of history.

The lecture breaks down the conceptual shifts from multi-ethnic dynastic rule to distinct ethnic and civic nations, while examining how the Industrial Revolution forged a new working class that would animate socialist and communist movements.