Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-11-28
Books mentioned on #244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
Robert Crews is a historian at Stanford, specializing in Afghanistan, Russia, Islam, Central Asia, and South Asia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – MUD\WTR: https://mudwtr.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Messages to the World
Discussed“so it was only a verso in the uk that published a famous volume called messages to the world which was the first combining compendium of of banan's writings”
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler's autobiographical manifesto outlines his political ideology and antisemitic worldview.
Discussed“so he has a mineconf He has a type does he have a thing where he's kind of collected works”
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Shahnameh
Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi is a monumental and influential early Persian epic that chronicles the mythical and historical tales of ancient kings, embodying timeless themes of good and evil.
Discussed“um i mean the visual imagery experts will know that it's from you know like the the chaname like an ancient persian you know epic that iranians were attached to that afghans are attached to that people can quote you know at length um it has mythical figures of good and evil that kids grow up embodying they're named the”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing My Struggle
“so you know we have my conf we have all this other stuff You can buy the collective works of lin and stalin mao whatever you want in whatever language you want But bin laden was taboo for american publishing”
Own book Afghan Modern
“in fact i think one of the themes of of the book you know that you may or may not have read and they put you to sleep um you know afghan modern was about you know conceptualizing afghanistan as a cosmopolitan place where for centuries people put on the move and trade in this area”