We held the first Minmonken retreat in Tokyo. Six people took part in total.

We held a reading session on Huerta de Soto's "A theory of libertarian nationalism 1", followed by a social gathering.

By bringing nationalist and libertarian views up against each other, I think we were able to point out the shortcomings of de Soto's ideas and to discuss the possibilities of libertarian nationalism.
In particular, it was pointed out that Huerta de Soto is an extremely Hayekian libertarian, and I believe we gained something like a theoretical foundation for overcoming this with our own hands.

The resulting paper is available here.

I took part on the first day. We heard about how nationalism changed its shape so as to account for the many different forms nations take. I want to keep learning about the relationship between the state and the nation. (University of Tokyo, humanities and social sciences, 2nd year)

I could only attend the first day, but I was glad to study how nationalism arises and how it can be understood. I want to study the nation and nationalism with concrete examples. (Yokohama National University, sciences, 3rd year)

I did not have much background knowledge about nationalism or libertarianism, but this time I feel I gained something like a set of guideposts for thinking about them. The reading was not what I had expected, but I gained a lot from exchanging views and information with the other members, so I am glad I took part. (University of Tokyo, sciences, 2nd year)

I tend not to read books, and apart from hackers I knew little about libertarian theory, but the reading session gave me a chance to engage with it. Thanks especially to comments from a specialist in the history of libertarian thought, I was able to learn ways of thinking common among libertarians that go beyond the text itself, without overfitting to it. (University of Tokyo, sciences, 3rd year)