Seeking Suggestions about Pakistaniaat
Most of you are probably aware of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies (http://pakistaniaat.org), which I had launched in 2009. A few years ago, after a long hiatus, we [...]
The Power and Price of Dissent
The Power and Price of Dissent Dissent is a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or an entity. The term's antonyms include agreement, consensus and [...]
Postcolonial Sapce on Youtube
As some of you might have noticed, I have recently started posting long and short videos related to postcolonial studies and literary theory on Youtube. My purpose in this venture [...]
Video and Audio Introduction to my Book on ISIS
Description from Amazon Relying on a thorough understanding of the role of ideology, discourse, and framing, this volume discusses ISIS as an Islamist ideological organization, and examines its philosophical scaffolding [...]
Freire: The Banking System of Education
This is a brief lecture explaining Paulo Freire's discussion of the Banking Concept of Education. As one of the world's foremost theorist of education, Freire in his book, "Pedagogy of [...]
What is Postmodern Literature
Mostly derived from Linda Hutcheon's book A Poetics of Postmodernism, this lecture explains some of the important aspects of postmodernism and postmodern literature. Audio Lecture:
Eagleton. 2. The Rise of English
This is the second podcast in my series of lectures on Terry Eagleton’s book Literary Theory: An Introduction.
Eagleton.1. What is Literature?
This is the first podcast in my series on Terry Eagleton’s Literary Theory: An Introduction.
On Being Liberal
Introduction What is being liberal? If you just do a cursory survey of how liberals or liberalism is seen by conservatives in the United States and in Pakistan, a [...]