Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان
ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social
Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان
@ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social
Podcast on all things Iran & beyond +the millennia long tradition of Iranian literature | Hosted by Niloofar & Dr. Michael Bonner
https://open.spotify.com/show/77UWXA1bOVDWWI4T7OtlqO
Much belated intro of our interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk about his book which builds on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer by utilising classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a new light for both Iranologists & Sinologists.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq
May 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
On the last note, we talked about the nitty-gritty of Reza Shah AtaTürk eras in Iran & Türkiye, their echoes in our contemporary politics, Saudi Arabia's reforms, the quest for contemporary John Lockes in the ummah & beyond.
@ahmetkuru.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
We also talked about the fetishizing of the Islamic Revolution/Republic as a medieval theocracy that ignores its modern roots like the major influence of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (👇🏻 with Henry Kissinger) on Khomeini's worldview & it's roots in the Persian Constitutional Revolution.
May 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
In the second chapter of THE LOOM OF TIME,
Robert D. Kaplan writes about the legacies of Bernard Lewis & Edward Said with his unique personal insight.
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May 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I asked about my opinion that scholarships of late Bernard Lewis & Edward Said should be revisited without the sectarian politicization surrounding their debates, Lewis's pioneering work finding consultative governance in Ottoman crafts guilds & his prescience about Khomeinism.
May 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Al-Ghazali aka Algazelus is prominently featured in @ahmetkuru.bsky.social book. We talked about his all-encompassing influence of the ulema, his evolving views, his western counterparts & how he was a product of the Islamic Golden Age.
May 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We talked extensively about @ahmetkuru.bsky.social 's 2019 book, Islam Authoritarianism & Underdevelopment (with many translation recently German Hindi & its ban in Malaysia) on the impediment of ulema state alliance to separation of church & state + its Sasanian roots. @cambridgeup.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Dr. Michael Bonner & I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru professor of political science & director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies at @SDSU for an illuminating conversation about his scholarship. @ahmetkuru.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Nowruz 1404 🪻
A new year begins 🌱
March 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Belated Yalda Night appreciation here 🌕
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages‌ past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.
December 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM