Podcasting personal ideas and speeches as an expert in global social studies, from a commonist point of view. Most episodes are produced out of my extra-teaching and extra-research projects.
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Are you ready to tackle your next big milestone in SOCA2400 ? In this episode, we break down "Mastering the Annotated Bibliography: A SOCA2400 Guide" , authored by your Course Coordinator, Dr S. A. Hamed Hosseini . This practical guide is your ultimate roadmap to choosing, evaluating, and comparing three academic sources on a post-capitalist alternative.Whether you are feeling overwhelmed or just…
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. S.A. Hamed Hosseini to discuss his work, "The Quranic Blueprint for a Global Commons." We explore how ancient theological principles offer a radical alternative to the enclosures of late-stage capitalism, reimagining everything from digital platforms to ecological governance as a shared sacred trust. Episode Highlights: Beyond Physical Resources: Dr Hosseini…
In this episode, we dive into "The Ruins of Hubris," by Dr. S.A. Hamed Hosseini, a profound exploration of what the source calls a "Quranic archaeology of power." Rather than viewing the stories of lost empires like ‘Ad, Thamud, and the Pharaonic state as mere historical footnotes, we unearth them as diagnostic tools for our modern global crises—from ecological collapse to the rise of…
Episode Description: In this episode, we explore the striking paradox of the modern food system: why are emissions, hunger, and land concentration intensifying even as multi-billion-dollar "sustainability" programs from global giants like Nestlé and PepsiCo expand at record rates?. We take a deep dive into the groundbreaking paper by S. A. Hamed Hosseini , titled " Sustaining What? From Corporate…
Episode Description: In this episode, we investigate a fundamental shift in how we work and how we are managed. We take a deep dive into the insightful article "The dual economics in the labor process: managerial contradictions and indirect control" by researchers Wolfgang Menz and Sarah Nies . The authors challenge the popular idea of "Digital Taylorism"—the belief that technology is simply being…
Episode Description: In this episode, we explore the subtle and pervasive ways digital tools have shifted from being mere instruments to becoming independent forces of control. We take a deep dive into the provocative article "Governed by digital technology? Self-perpetuation and social domination in digital capitalism" by researchers Konstantin Klur and Sarah Nies . Moving beyond the common fear…
What is meta-modernism, its key ideas, and their applications and practical implications for today's world? a conversation based on the following resources: Andersen, L. R. (2019). Metamodernity: Meaning and hope in a complex world . Nordic Bildung. Dempsey, B. G. (2022). Emergentism: A religion of complexity for the metamodern world . Palimpsest Press. Dempsey, B. G. (2023). Metamodernism: Or,…
The University as Assemblage Is the "ivory tower" truly crumbling, or is it just being rearranged? In this episode, we dive into Jana Bacevic’s insightful paper, "With or without U? Assemblage theory and (de)territorializing the university," to challenge everything you thought you knew about higher education. We move beyond the headlines of "dying" universities to explore the institution as a…
In this episode, we investigate how race functions as a primary organizing feature of the modern world, drawing on Chapter 9 of George Ritzer’s Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots (2022) . We move beyond biological myths to explore race as a social construction forged through the history of European colonialism and the "primitive accumulation" that fueled early capitalism. Our…
Beller, J. (2022). Digitality and racial capitalism . In B. Skeggs, S. R. Farris, A. Toscano, S. Bromberg (Eds.) The Sage Handbook of Marxism . SAGE Publications Ltd, In this episode, we explore the chilling intersection of technology and systemic oppression through Jonathan Beller's "Digitality and Racial Capitalism," featured in the Sage Handbook of Marxism . Beller proposes that capitalism has…
