About this episode
Prof. Syed Farid Alatas, an NUS sociologist, decolonisation scholar, and a man with family currently living under the Iran-Israel war, explains why the Middle East conflict is really about colonial power, US hegemony, and what Singapore's silence reveals about our own captive minds that have been โcolonizedโ.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ'๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ:Prof Syed Farid on FacebookProf Syed Farid on LinkedInBooks by Prof Syed Farid๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ดTerence: A Scientist's View of WarHaresh: Why Singapore Built A 150m-Deep Oil CaveFarid: Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐!Weโre looking for people to join our team! Click on the links below to find out more about the roles. If youโre interested, send your CV & cover letter to contact@ministryoffunny.com!ย Creative ProducerFolklory Growth Hacking Internship๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ "๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐โGet a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe Here(00:50) On this episode...(0:02:12) Intro(0:03:25) The War Hits Home: Prof Farid's Personal Connection To Iran(0:07:19) Prof Farid's Background In Sociology(0:09:26) What Is Neo-Colonialism?(0:11:29) Decolonizing Our Minds(0:13:05) What Is A Eurocentric Education?(0:17:17) Is Colonialism Only A European Problem?(0:19:23) Was Imperial Domination Always Inevitable?(0:22:00) Trump And The Return Of Colonial Language(0:25:04) How October 7 Changed American Minds(0:30:25) Critiquing All Sides: US, Israel, Gulf States, And Iran(0:35:18) Why Regime Change In Iran Won't Work(0:38:42) Understanding Iranian Society And Its Contradictions(0:41:28) Iranians United Against Foreign Aggression(0:43:50) Why Isn't The Muslim World Rallying Behind Iran?(0:46:17) The Most Worrying Thing: Regional Disunity(0:47:52) What Would A Better Middle East Look Like?(0:49:03) The "Wipe Off The Map" Myth Debunked(0:53:15) Is Peace Realistic? The Shifting Global Opinion On Israel(0:56:13) Christian Zionism And The End Times Narrative(1:00:16) Could This Become World War 3?(1:02:34) How The Iran War Affects Singapore(1:08:40) Singapore's Reluctance To Have Hard Conversations(1:11:10) Southeast Asia Navigating
