Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror
Added 2021-05-18 14:26:36 +0000 UTCAnjuli Fatima Raza Kolb, professor of English at Toronto University, joins Breht to discuss her book "Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror". They have a wide ranging conversation on British colonialism in India, the concept of terrorism, how metaphors of plague and infection are marshalled by empire, Covid-19, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Albert Camus' "The Plague", Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Islamophobia, and much more!
Find Anjuli's book and her other work here: https://www.anjulirazakolb.com/
Check out The East is a Podcast interview with Anjuli here: https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/epidemic-empire-w-anjuli-raza-kolb
Check out our previous episode on Albert Camus and Sartre here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/jean-paul-sartre-albert-camus-existentialism-w-existential-comics
Outro Music: "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by Tracy Chapman
Comments
He is a figure I have almost no knowledge of! Ill definitely have to change that.
Revolutionary Left Radio
2021-05-21 02:58:02 +0000 UTCI like how she touches on Roland Barthes. Been mentioning him to other comrades for years. I would definitely recommend anyone read his stuff. I had to study his work in grad school. While he's not explicitly Marxist, he makes very compelling points and the thought process itself sort of has that Marxist line of thinking.
Shane Neal
2021-05-18 21:57:17 +0000 UTC
