About this episode

This episode features a dialogue among novelists exploring the role of the novel as a form of resistance against state violence and historical erasure.

Episode Topic: The Political Life of the Novel Join novelists Isabella Hammad, Brandon Hobson, and Amir Ahmadi Arian for an ontological inquiry into the aesthetics of resistance. Amidst the ongoing Nakba and systemic dispossessions, this dialogue interrogates the novel as a technology of resistance, transforming state violence into a grammar of human sovereignty and asserting historical truth against annihilation. Featured Speakers: Brandon Hobson, New Mexico State UniversityIsabella Hammad,...

People in this episode

Guests: Isabella Hammad, Brandon Hobson, Amir Ahmadi Arian

Topics covered

• political life of the novel
• aesthetics of resistance
• state violence
• human sovereignty
• historical truth
• Nakba
• systemic dispossessions

Keywords

• novel
• resistance
• state violence
• Nakba
• human sovereignty
• historical truth
• dispossession

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Mexico State University

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