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Omid Tofighian

    Het werk van Dr. Omid Tofighian verweeft filosofie op ingewikkelde wijze met interesses in retoriek, religie en populaire cultuur. Zijn betrokkenheid bij transnationalisme, ontheemding en discriminatie informeert diepgaand zijn bijdragen aan gemeenschapskunst- en culturele projecten, met name met vluchtelingen en jongeren. Tofighians publicaties duiken diep in de kruispunten van filosofisch onderzoek en maatschappelijke kwesties. Door zijn vertaalwerk vergroot hij ook de toegang tot de stemmen van andere schrijvers.

    No Friend But the Mountains
    Creating New Languages of Resistance
    • Creating New Languages of Resistance

      Translation, Public Philosophy and Border Violence

      • 252bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Focusing on creative resistance, this work reflects on Omid Tofighian's 25 years of engagement with displaced, exiled, and incarcerated communities. It delves into significant themes such as epistemic injustice, kyriarchy, and border violence, offering both intellectual insights and personal experiences. Through this exploration, the book aims to foster new ways of understanding and articulating resistance against oppressive systems.

      Creating New Languages of Resistance2024
    • No Friend But the Mountains

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani sought asylum in Australia but was instead illegally imprisoned in the country's most notorious detention centre on Manus Island. This book is the result.Boochani spent nearly five years typing passages of this book one text at a time from a secret mobile phone in prison. Compiled and translated from Farsi, they form an incredible story of how escaping political persecution in Iran, he ended up trapped as a stateless person. This vivid, gripping portrait of his years of incarceration and exile shines devastating light on the fates of so many people, as borders close around the world.

      No Friend But the Mountains2019
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