Layla AbdelRahim is an independent scholar who writes about our narrative attachment to predatory and parasitic economic systems. She and Eric talk about colonization and the colonization of our minds, epistemology and the foundation of our narratives, wildness versus domestication, the origins of domesticated and colonized narratives, among other things.

Outline

• 00:00 - 02:44 — Episode introduction
• 02:44 - 20:00 — Colonization and the colonization of our minds
• 20:00 - 24:48 — Epistemology and the foundation of our narratives
• 24:48 - 34:15 — Wildness and domestication
• 34:15 - 47:04 — Origins of domesticated, colonized narratives
• 47:04 - 56:02 — Layla's vision of where things are headed
• 56:02 - 56:42 — Episode wrap-up

Links and Resources

• Layla AbdelRahim's website
• Layla AbdelRahim's Patreon Page
• Quillwood Academy
• Undaunted Study Group
• Wild Children — Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education, by Layla AbdelRahim
• Children's Literature, Domestication, and Social Foundation: Narratives of Civilization and Wilderness, by Layla AbdelRahim
• Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism, by Jack D Forbes
• Mary Douglas (anthropologist)
• John Zerzan
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (anthropologist)
• Michel Foucault (philosopher)
• Pierre Bourdieu (sociologist)