Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds w/ Ambereen Dadhabhoy
Prof. Adnan Husain enjoys a wonderful conversation with Prof. Ambereen Dadhabhoy (@DrDadabhoy) about her fascinating book Shakespeare Through Islamic Worlds. The book examines the paradoxical importance of Islam and Muslims to Shakespeare’s plays despite the scant or ambiguous mentions in the text. Through contextual examination of the Early Modern Mediterranean as a space of encounter with Islam and Muslims, themes very important to contemporary English theatre, Dr. Dadhabhoy investigates the significance of Shakespeare’s framing of a White, Christian Mediterranean. The conversation talks about history, geography, religion, race, Orientalism and the mobilizing of difference to set the boundaries and anxieties of Shakespeare’s dramatic corpus and its construction as the epitome of “universalist” literary genius in the English language. Like, subscribe, share and support (if you can!): www.patreon.com/adnanhusain @adnanahusain on X adnanahusain.substack.com www.youtube.com/adnanahusain786 www.adnanhusain.org
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Brothers All! Remembering the Legacy of Pope Francis
Prof. Adnan Husain reflects on the papacy of Francis I--and in particular assesses the themes of anti-capitalism, peace and anti-war positions, and social justice and inclusion in his encyclical Fratelli Tutti. Also check out the episode of Revolutionary Left Radio in which Adnan and Breht discussed Francis of Assisi, whom Pope Francis modelled his social theology upon. https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/st-francis Like, subscribe, share and support (if you can!): www.patreon.com/adnanhusain @adnanahusain on X adnanahusain.substack.com www.youtube.com/adnanahusain786 www.adnanhusain.org
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Team Barbarism is winning!
*Producer's note: This episode begins with a request to help my friend Mohammed in Gaza. Please consider supporting Mohammed's fundraiser to support his family in their efforts to survive the genocide. As I explain in the episode, Mohammed's family has been displaced 5 times, most recently 10 days ago! Any sized donation is welcome!* Prof. Adnan Husain hosts a conversation with Nora Barrrows Friedman (@norabf), Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina), and Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist) about the increasingly violent and dangerous turn of events both in the imperial core and West Asia. *Co-published with The East is a Podcast* Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share and support (if you can!): www.patreon.com/adnanhusain @adnanahusain on X adnanahusain.substack.com www.youtube.com/adnanahusain786 www.adnanhusain.org
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Spiritual Materialism? Left Politics and Marxian Mysticism w/Rev Left Radio’s Breht O’Shea
*Note: This is only part of the conversation between Brett and Adnan; they continued for another 30 mins! To listen to the entire episode, please subscribe to the Patreon or watch the episode on our YouTube channel, both linked below* What does spirituality on the left look like? In a Ramadan special, Adnan discusses Buddhism and Sufi Islam, the distinctions between mysticism and mystification, spiritual practices and ethics as well as the liberation of the soul w/Revolutionary Left Radio and former co-host of Guerrilla History, Breht O’Shea. In a wide ranging and deep conversation about the inner life and the outer world, what it means to be truly human, and transformation socially and personally, Adnan and Breht explore the intersections of left politics and spirituality from the alienation of consumer corporate capitalism and the degradations of imperialism to the defiant dignity and faithful resilience of Gazan resistance. Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share and support (if you can!): www.patreon.com/adnanhusain @adnanahusain on X adnanahusain.substack.com www.youtube.com/adnanahusain786 www.adnanhusain.org Check out sister podcast w/ Henry Hakamaki (@Huck1995) https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com Follow Breht’s work at www.revolutionaryleftradio.com and check out the two-part series on Mysticism on RLR and Red Menace podcasts: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/on-mysticism-ego-suffering-love https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/on-mysticism-ii-enlightenment-non-duality-perennialism
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Iran's History and Geopolitical Relations w/ Prof. David N. Yaghoubian
Prof. Adnan Husain discusses the modern history of Iran from the late nineteenth century to contemporary relations with the US with friend and colleague Prof. David N. Yaghoubian of California State University-San Bernardino. We discuss Iran's traditions of statecraft and geopolitical relations with imperial powers, Russia and Britain, until the Cold War, when Iran became a pillar of US hegemony in the Middle East after subverting and overthrowing the nationalist government of Mossadegh. Prof. Yaghoubian shares his analysis of the current Iranian state's alliances with Russia and China to evade unremitting US sanctions as one of "grievances" rather than "interests" created by aggressive US policy. A wide-ranging conversation benefiting from Prof. Yaghoubian's thorough historical knowledge and trenchant political analysis. Dr. David N. Yaghoubian is Professor of Modern west Asian and Islamic History at California State University-San Bernardino. aughot of "Ethnicity, Identity, and the Development of Nationalism in Iran" (Syracuse, 2014) and co-editor of "Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East" (3rd edition forthcoming). Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Please subscribe, share, and support this channel: https://adnanahusain.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanhusain.org/
Professor Adnan Husain, historian and scholar of religion, hosts a show spanning history, politics, global affairs, intellectual culture, as well as religion and spirituality. The format ranges from scholarly guest interviews, panel discussions, recorded lectures, and his own readings and commentary.
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