Is History Repeating Itself? Religion, War, and Democracy with Sam Harris & Simon Sebag Montefiore

This is a preview of the full episode. In order to watch the entire episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you can SUBSCRIBE at https://samharris.org/subscribe/ OR become a channel member to access episodes on YouTube. For those who can't afford the full subscription price, we offer full and partial scholarships: https://www.samharris.org/subscribe/scholarship Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the history of the Jews, and the rise of global antisemitism. Simon Sebag Montefiore is an internationally bestselling author and historian. His books include Catherine the Great and Potemkin, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Young Stalin, Jerusalem: The Biography - A History of the Middle East, The Romanovs: 1613–1918, The World: A Family History of Humanity, and The Moscow Trilogy of novels: Sashenka, Red Sky at Noon and One Night in Winter. They have been published in forty-eight languages and have won many prizes, such as the Samuel Johnson Prize, the British Book Awards History Book of the Year Prize, the LA Times Book Prize for Biography (USA), and the Costa Biography Award (UK). He is the presenter of five history series for the BBC, and many of his books are being developed for movies or drama series. He studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). Website: simonsebagmontefiore.com Twitter: @simonmontefiore 00:00 Intro 01:00 Simon’s Background as a Historian 03:20 Why We Are Living Through History 09:57 Can We Ever Return to Normalcy? 15:13 The Significance of Jerusalem & Al-Aqsa 24:33 The History of Religion in the Middle East 41:50 The Roots of Antisemitism Subscribe to the YT channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=samharrisorg Follow Sam on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Samharrisorg/ Follow Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samharrisorg/ For more information about Sam Harris: https://www.samharris.org