What Does It Mean to Be a Nation? Are We One? - Navid Kalhoroudi

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*What does it mean to be a nation? Are we a nation?* We began this episode of «Baziya» by asking Navid Kalhoroudi: why don't we feel any more, as we used to, that there is a single «us»?! To be «us», do we have to think alike? Is the majority always right? What can hold different people together? And when «the people» are set against «the people», which «us» are we even talking about? This episode is about one of the hardest questions we face today: is there still something that connects us, the people of Iran, to one another? Navid Kalhoroudi, a researcher and political analyst, a graduate in political science from Kharazmi University and the University of Tehran and a former lecturer at the University of Tehran, is the guest of this episode of «Baziya». Dr. Kalhoroudi, who has researched fields such as political thought, national identity and Iran's social and political changes, answers questions in this conversation about the divisions in Iranian society today, unity, disagreement, what people expect of one another, and what it means to be a «nation». You can follow this conversation on our YouTube channel and in every podcast app, and answer this question in the comments: what do you think could turn the people of Iran into a nation? Find us online: Twitter (X) Telegram Instagram