Postcolonial Space

Decolonizing Literary Theory: Some Tentative Thoughts | Zahiriyya and Bataniyya Philosophy In this brief video I discuss a few tentative strategies of decolonizing western literary theory and infusing it with knowledges produces in the rest of the world.   Edward Said. "Orientalism." https://amzn.to/3fZqWLK Edward Said. "The World, the Text, and the Critic."https://amzn.to/38sFDEn Raymond Williams: "The Long Revolution." https://amzn.to/2YZINMV Noam Chomsky: "American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays." https://amzn.to/3iuClFy

How to Learn Literary Theory  Relying on my own experience of teaching literary theory, this lecture provides brief guidelines about the basics of learning literary theory and its use.

In this breif episode I explain as to what being liberal means and how a liberal identity is more nuanced and, complex, and stronger.

Public Scholarship and its Significance | Postcolonialism | Postcolonial Studies  This brief episode discusses the significance of public scholarship and public writing in the humanities and literary studies and encourages humanities scholars to engage with the issues of politics and public in their writing and pedagogy.

Life in Academia in the US as a BIPOC Scholar| How to Stay Positive in an Academic Career? This a reflective video about my experience as a faculty member of color at US universities. I hope these thoughts enable you to understand what you are likely to experience and face at US universities as faculty members. Life in academia as BIPOC scholar has its own challenges and one ought to be prepared to build solidarity with others to cope with the challenges.

Leadership vs Management: Some Subtle Differences | Learning to Lead  This brief video on leadership vs management  is based in my own lived experience and offers some practical insights about the subtle differences between management and leadership. Please do note this not necessarily focused on the business world and simply offers a slightly experiential and philosophical explanation fo these two human roles based in my military leadership experience and my experience in academia.

Episode 3 (Season 2): Orientalism: Introduction (Part 3.3)

This is the final episode on Terry Eagleton and here I discuss the concluding chapter of the book.

Eagleton, Chapter 5 (Part 3) Psychoanalysis  This a lecture on psychoanalysis included in my series of lectures on Terry Eagleton. Please watch other lectures in the Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... "Literary Theory: An Introduction"- https://amzn.to/2qYpjJY

his a lecture on psychoanalysis included in my series of lectures on Terry Eagleton. Please watch other lectures in the Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... "Literary Theory: An Introduction"- https://amzn.to/2qYpjJY My Website: http://postcolonial.net