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 is to make available whatever meager expertise I have as [...]
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 within the material conditions produced by neoliberal capital. As Raja [...]
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 the Oppressed," lays the foundations of what eventually becomes the [...]
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:
This is the second podcast in my series of lectures on Terry Eagleton’s book Literary Theory: An Introduction.
This is the first podcast in my series on Terry Eagleton’s Literary Theory: An Introduction.
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 few things stand out in these misrepresentations of liberals and [...]
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Literary Theory: An Introduction Planned Webinar: Eagleton. 2. The Rise of English Saturday, October 26, 10:00 AM, US Central Time I just wanted to share that from next Saturday onwards, I will deliver five lectures about Terry Eagleton's Literary [...]
