Postcolonial Identities: Postcolonialism

[@moonkaleem4855]

Thank you, Sir! I am glad I found you on youtube. These videos are a great help in my studies.

[@masoodraja]

You are welcome.

[@賽德克·巴萊]

Same here! 👍

[@mehakkamran9093]

@@masoodraja sir mere exams any valy hain....could i borrow your brain? Plzzzz😅😇

[@masoodraja]

@@mehakkamran9093 Hahahaha. Good luck on your exams.

[@rahhaouiclick9358]

Hello Sir First of all, I would like to congratulate you upon such a valuable content that you are producing. my claim sir is that I do not think so the writer of "Decolonizing the mind " is Chen Vezu , but rather he called Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Thank you

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. Ngugi wrote Decolonizing the Mind. Chinweizu wrote Decolonizing the African Mind: www.amazon.com/dp/9782651028/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_3SYWK21Y72Z26J7R2EM3?linkCode=ml2&tag=masoodraja-20

[@rahhaouiclick9358]

@@masoodraja Thank you so much for making the point clear for me!

[@yadgarismail7234]

Cuold have been great if you also focus on islamic colonialism over nations deprived of statehood or were oppressed by safavid and ottoman islamic ethno-centric khalifate colonial powers of orient. How to deal with their influences?

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. Sadly, my training is only in 19th and 20th century colonialism, which is my field of study, but I think people better trained in what you are talking about are handling these issues and these histories.

[@mrs.alrashdanalrashdan8726]

Hello Professor… Can I please ask you something I really am struggling to understand: what does “national allegory” mean in Jameson’ terms? Like in simple terms what does it mean? Thanks a again for all the amazing videos … they have been such a great help in my studies …

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. The best way to understand it would be to read his essay and then read Aijaz Ahmad’s response to it. I am afraid if I answer it here, it would be totally out of context of the entire debate. But if you read the essay carefully, then his usage is pretty self evident. What he is suggesting there is that “all third world literature is” in one way or the other a “national allegory.” But you will understand it only after you read both the essays. Simply stated it means that third world literature tells the stories of nations and national struggles.

[@mrs.alrashdanalrashdan8726]

@@masoodraja oh yes I did Ajaz attacks Jameson’s claims and refuses them completely, but what I needed help is the terms national allegory does it mean that all third world literatures are to be read in contrast with western ones? Or is it that they all feature contrasting what is in traditional culture of the east to what is in the west … I got confused and hoped you can help clarify that.

[@masoodraja]

Here is a brief explanation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d56xaYGnh8ilnsU

[@mrs.alrashdanalrashdan8726]

@@masoodraja you prepared a video!! You’re the BEST and a true professor! Thanks a million and may joy fill your heart all the time…

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. You are welcome.

[@MarkbyMarkAFosterPhD]

Excellent as usual, Buddy. Since you combine elements of workerist/autonomist Marxism with poststructuralism, would you call yourself a post-Marxist (Laclau, Mouffe, et al.)?

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. I have not thought of myself in those terms but it does make sense. My heart, however, is with the workerist Marxists:)

[@zaikneesh2992]

My eyes got stuck at the MILTONs gigantic collection👀

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. Those are my wife’s books!!

[@zaikneesh2992]

Wow great. Those are enviable

[@islamictheology]

Thank you respected sir, for your idiosyncratic approaches ....but can you deeply probe the topic for average type of learners. With some Examplery explanations. I don't understand your point of Palestine and Kashmir Thanks

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. I am afraid this is the best I can do. In my experience reading is the best way to learn deeply. Videos are just an introduction. I encourage you to read at least the three books that I mentioned in this video.

[@islamictheology]

@@masoodraja ok right sir I will read Thanks