when i listen to your lectures....mera sar ghooom jata hai :D...itnay conceptssss...uuffff ....hats off to your knowledge.... may Allah increase you in that Amen :)
Thought I would just catch a glimpse of the definition and go to sleep as I was very sleepy but the whole video was so captivating with humour and touched on interesting topics that it felt like a really short one. Very enjoyable and informative. Glad I watched it.
I am Shahzad Ahmad from Lawa, Chakwal.I have been following you for a long time. I always wonder how you understand such complex ideas and then explain it in a very simple way. Hats off!
You are a formidable mind. I am not sure I have heard anyone put these concepts together to explain Post modernism before. I hope to meet you some day to be able to have a one on one discussion. I benefit greatly from your videos.
I was having trouble to comprehend the postmodernism topic, as i have to talk about it in 2 days. I watched numerous videos, videos by foreign students and teachers but couldn't really understand it. But, in this video, you extremely made it too simple for me to comprehend it. Thank you.
please keep your volume in the middle or fix it in post. it goes from 7 to 11 and it's quite harsh with earphones. thanks for a super informative lecture.
Your videos make me think , be they about economics, religion or politics. Amazing content. Not that I may agree with everything but what's great is that they make me search and read more. A request is that under every video you should mention noteworthy books that may help us learn more and develop our own opinion about the subject.
The discussions between Nancy Fraser, Iris Young, and Judith Butler is actually quite fascinating as far as "identity politics" and economic redistribution is concerned. Even Gramsci's idea of cultural hegemony is not far from thinking that hierarchies in public culture make the worldview of the ruling class to be the norm - that consent is generated via these narratives. He was also critical of modernity. There is a violence committed on the bodies of people, and also the minds.
استاد محترم سدا خوش رہیں آپکے لیکچرز سے بہت کچھ سیکھنے کو ملتا اور آج لطیفوں نے تو آپکے اس لیکچر کو اور ہی خوبصورت بنا دیا لیکن شررررر کر کے نکل جاتا ہے کا جواب نہیں۔ سلامت رہیں
Spent two entire days absorbing postmodernism before listening to this yet again spellbinding lecture video, making things ridiculously easy...Oops sorry for the Postmodernist Verbos comment.
Sir, would love to hear about the critical international theory or frankfurt school theory from you. the way you explain your ideas or these hard theories is phenomenal
I just realized that i am/was a postmodernist without realising it but then if someone calls him/herself postmodernist and rejects modernist then it is the contradiction of its own initial premise. Post-modernism explains society while modernists attempt to cure its ails.
As a lecturer, because you are explaining different ideas,it often got diluted with your own stance. So as you are putting content online,it's very important to clarify your stance and position on contravention topics. Like faminism etc.
Very simplistic approach towards postmodernism as if it is a singular well-defined movement and as if Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva and others had perfect agreement about what postructuralism (the speaker terms as postmodernism) means and they agreed over what its 'essence' was. A non-serious approach to a rich and multi-faceted topic namely intersections between marxism and postructuralism which Taimur sets up in stark dichotomous terms as if no postructuralist can ever share any marxist leaning. He should read non-radical marxist introductions to critical postructuralism and how it draws on neo-marxism for social change and promoting social justice. Taimur rhetoric, in my humble opinio, does no good service to promoting intellectual inquiry or to developing critical thinking of his students (no offence Taimur bhai).
There are some criticism 1 - you said that post modernist believe that meaning is subjective - so do atheists and Marxists like Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus "The absurd. So i'm not sure how you as a Marxist can use that against them? 2 - You also said science is objective but then how do you explain paradigm shifts (Thomas Khun) from Geo centric to Helio centric or Time being fixed to not being fixed to Quantum mechanics and explanation of gravity between Einstein and Newton? seems like paradigm shift make scientific truth relative by nature. 3 - Causality has the classical problem of Induction and the black swan problem - which goes back to Hume/Melbranche (the Asharis in Islamic history as well). So how can you rebuttal that? 4 - Just because post modernist believe that philosophy doesn't lead to truth or Objectivity doesn't mean they don't use science or claim subjective truths that are important to them. They only disagree that any Grand narrative can be made on them but have no problem of using it for practical reasons or having subjective political and moral opinions. 5 - You said that language is done by abstraction but Wittgenstein showed that language is based on meaning and not definitions - he gave the famous Beetle in box argument and subjective experiences where "private languages" are impossible because language is based on meaning. 6 - How do you explain inter sex people or people that say that gender and race is a social construct?
zafthedon Very good points. Pleasure to have someone so smart comment on the video. Will respond very soon. Keep writing. Need your smart comments to keep the dialogue going.
It's really great to gain knowledge on such issues that too from a credible source. Since I am from India, I would appreciate it more if you could give English or Hindi meanings of the Urdu words you use.
There are only two philosophy teachers in Pakistan teaching masses the footnotes to Plato: Ahmed Javed, an Islamist and Taimur Rehman, a leftist. Immense respect for both.
A rich lecture! But sir you must explain your exegetical objection of postmodernist view of power through ideology. Otherwise it makes sense especially in the context of 1st half of last century. And actually it's transformation of power through ideology within a country.
American here who stumbled upon your English lecture on Facism. You have an energy and perspective worth admiration. I was really exited to hear your perspective here, but I don't understand the language.:( I do have a Pakistani friend who speaks Urdoo, maybe I can have him help me out XD
Postmodernism = Post-Contradiction. One of the best book on that in my opinion and recommendation is ‘Cynical Theories’ by Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay
Please add subtitles. I understand some of what he is saying but not completely. He seems to have a good understanding of things. I would like to understand him properly.
Sir this lecture is totally based on criticism. I am preparing for my Masters exam and currently studying Theories, Concepts and Research Methodology. It would be really appreciable if you have mentioned some text (slides) like you have mentioned in your video on Marxism.
Sir, i think your whole video is based on the underlying misunderstanding of the term postmodernism. Postmodernism was not an orchestrated movement to destroy " enlightenment values" or the " west". Lyotard used this term only for Descriptive purposes. He was contending that the west is now a" postmodern" society, that is, there is an attitude of "incredulity" towards the " metanarratives"( e,g Marxism , liberalism etc) in the society. So, unlike the Critical Theory, postmodern thought was not a carefully designed movement. Even Focault and Derrida categorically rejected the label.
@@Taimur_Laal Sometimes peaceful revolts overcome dictatorships or monarchies based on ideas and excesses of the regimes. In French revolution it were the ideas that erupted the revolt. In modern times, no country can occupy the even far less backward state; is that not power of existing concepts of freedom and self-determination and power of media that fail attempts to conquer weaker states by stronger states?
@@Taimur_Laal I quite like your videos and so I say this respectfully, but to claim that Foucault and Derrida "rejected the enlightenment project" is simply untrue - or is such an oversimplification as to have little value besides invoking recurring philosophical tribalisms. They certainly attempted to problematize or complicate the goals and methods of "the enlightenment project" (as did many enlightenment thinkers as well). But reject them? This claim comes from the children's book version of postmodernism; it's disappointing to hear otherwise careful thinkers rely on such slogans.
Like many others I too would love English subtitles! Maybe you could set up some kind of patreon or system where people could collaborate and support for this content! Thank you professor
I like ur point about Bacha - Bcha angrezi bolta hain, unfortunately in India too we make this mistake of assuming that anyone who can speak english is well educated, an intellectual ,,expert in everything. Anything explaind or spoken in english seems to carry more weight for some reason.
I just found you on youtube... I like your talks. I am far right "third position"; I found your talk on fascism very interesting, and fair. Please add more videos in English, I think you have a big audience waiting!
16:48 Can you please share the source of this quote by Aristotle? Can't seem to find it anywhere. I'm reading Prior and Posterior Analytics of Aristotle these days.
I enjoyed your unique take on postmodernism, but I think you oversimplify some key concepts. For example, the idea that 'there is no such thing as truth' doesn't mean there's no truth at all. It simply means that no individual or group has the absolute right to claim their perspective as the only 'true' one and then force it on others. Your Marxist viewpoint is just as valid as my capitalist one - both are perspectives with strengths and weaknesses. Similarly, your example of day and night as a binary is flawed. While one hemisphere experiences night, the other experiences day, highlighting the interconnectedness of these seemingly opposing forces. I believe the postmodern movement was more about exploring the diverse range of philosophical and social ideas that exist, rather than making sweeping pronouncements about the non-existence of truth.
I don’t speak this language but I’m interested in his perspective from his English content. Maybe someone could subtitle this in English someday
Yes please, Dr, subtitles.
@@nicanornunez9787 another vote for subtitles, please!
I agree... Subtitles please.
@Nisha chambiyal could you elaborate a little please? I found it extremely helpful, what is it that you find so absurd about this video?
''This language" is called Urdu. Your ancestors learned it to rule sub continent before destroying it.
Prof. Taimur, Greetings.
Really appreciate, you have put in lot of hard work.Good luck.
Prof. (Dr. Prem khosla)
when i listen to your lectures....mera sar ghooom jata hai :D...itnay conceptssss...uuffff ....hats off to your knowledge.... may Allah increase you in that Amen :)
Thought I would just catch a glimpse of the definition and go to sleep as I was very sleepy but the whole video was so captivating with humour and touched on interesting topics that it felt like a really short one. Very enjoyable and informative. Glad I watched it.
Glad you enjoyed it.
A great man with many books, may God increase your knowledge!
I am Shahzad Ahmad from Lawa, Chakwal.I have been following you for a long time. I always wonder how you understand such complex ideas and then explain it in a very simple way. Hats off!
Geniusly explained everything in this series, really appreciating work.
From UK:
Wish there were subtitles for these videos sir, have learnt a lot through some of your other videos in English 😊
You're a great lecturer.
Would love to hear this in English or a subtitled version. Loved the talk on fascism and liked the way you wove in post modernism at the end of it
Yaar yeh banda legend hai bhai!
Salute hai Sur apko!
You are a formidable mind.
I am not sure I have heard anyone put these concepts together to explain Post modernism before.
I hope to meet you some day to be able to have a one on one discussion.
I benefit greatly from your videos.
Lecture in congruence with humor is the best learning method for me. Informative as always.
Today I understood this concept correctly ✋ shukriya sir ...
Great explanation..
I was having trouble to comprehend the postmodernism topic, as i have to talk about it in 2 days. I watched numerous videos, videos by foreign students and teachers but couldn't really understand it. But, in this video, you extremely made it too simple for me to comprehend it. Thank you.
please keep your volume in the middle or fix it in post. it goes from 7 to 11 and it's quite harsh with earphones. thanks for a super informative lecture.
I’m using a better mic now.
Hahahahahahahahah yaar sunte sunte kb lecture khtm hogya pata hi nhi chala shandaaaar aur bhot hi informative tha aayen kabhi tea pr phr jm kr guftgu krte hen janab😘😘😘🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Brilliantly eleborated
Your videos make me think , be they about economics, religion or politics. Amazing content. Not that I may agree with everything but what's great is that they make me search and read more. A request is that under every video you should mention noteworthy books that may help us learn more and develop our own opinion about the subject.
Indebted to you for explaining a very complex concept in a very simple, easy and interesting manner. God bless you
Great
Very clear explanations. You are a very good teacher, Taimurbhai.
GREAT LECTURE . YOUR LECTURES IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE WILL ONE DAY CHANGE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF PAKISTAN .
The discussions between Nancy Fraser, Iris Young, and Judith Butler is actually quite fascinating as far as "identity politics" and economic redistribution is concerned. Even Gramsci's idea of cultural hegemony is not far from thinking that hierarchies in public culture make the worldview of the ruling class to be the norm - that consent is generated via these narratives. He was also critical of modernity. There is a violence committed on the bodies of people, and also the minds.
Thank u sir. You made postmodernism quite easy, although it is realy complicated subject.
Arey Dr. You’re doing amazing job.
استاد محترم سدا خوش رہیں آپکے لیکچرز سے بہت کچھ سیکھنے کو ملتا اور آج لطیفوں نے تو آپکے اس لیکچر کو اور ہی خوبصورت بنا دیا لیکن شررررر کر کے نکل جاتا ہے کا جواب نہیں۔
سلامت رہیں
Nice to hear you sir, very interesting and deeply logical that's why we are struggling with to comprehend...... ❤️
Spent two entire days absorbing postmodernism before listening to this yet again spellbinding lecture video, making things ridiculously easy...Oops sorry for the Postmodernist Verbos comment.
Loved your way of teaching
As usual best
Dr taimur my absolute favorite
Sir, would love to hear about the critical international theory or frankfurt school theory from you. the way you explain your ideas or these hard theories is phenomenal
I just realized that i am/was a postmodernist without realising it but then if someone calls him/herself postmodernist and rejects modernist then it is the contradiction of its own initial premise. Post-modernism explains society while modernists attempt to cure its ails.
Such a cute explanation
As a lecturer, because you are explaining different ideas,it often got diluted with your own stance. So as you are putting content online,it's very important to clarify your stance and position on contravention topics. Like faminism etc.
Highly appreciable, keep doing this great work
Very simplistic approach towards postmodernism as if it is a singular well-defined movement and as if Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva and others had perfect agreement about what postructuralism (the speaker terms as postmodernism) means and they agreed over what its 'essence' was. A non-serious approach to a rich and multi-faceted topic namely intersections between marxism and postructuralism which Taimur sets up in stark dichotomous terms as if no postructuralist can ever share any marxist leaning. He should read non-radical marxist introductions to critical postructuralism and how it draws on neo-marxism for social change and promoting social justice. Taimur rhetoric, in my humble opinio, does no good service to promoting intellectual inquiry or to developing critical thinking of his students (no offence Taimur bhai).
Amazing concept. Subscribed for sure.
There are some criticism
1 - you said that post modernist believe that meaning is subjective - so do atheists and Marxists like Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus "The absurd. So i'm not sure how you as a Marxist can use that against them?
2 - You also said science is objective but then how do you explain paradigm shifts (Thomas Khun) from Geo centric to Helio centric or Time being fixed to not being fixed to Quantum mechanics and explanation of gravity between Einstein and Newton? seems like paradigm shift make scientific truth relative by nature.
3 - Causality has the classical problem of Induction and the black swan problem - which goes back to Hume/Melbranche (the Asharis in Islamic history as well). So how can you rebuttal that?
4 - Just because post modernist believe that philosophy doesn't lead to truth or Objectivity doesn't mean they don't use science or claim subjective truths that are important to them. They only disagree that any Grand narrative can be made on them but have no problem of using it for practical reasons or having subjective political and moral opinions.
5 - You said that language is done by abstraction but Wittgenstein showed that language is based on meaning and not definitions - he gave the famous Beetle in box argument and subjective experiences where "private languages" are impossible because language is based on meaning.
6 - How do you explain inter sex people or people that say that gender and race is a social construct?
Great...can u upload your own video on post modernism??
@@moonawaqas7353 Im not a post modernist.
zafthedon Very good points. Pleasure to have someone so smart comment on the video. Will respond very soon. Keep writing. Need your smart comments to keep the dialogue going.
Paradigm shifts are in accord with science as they represent the consensul shift in belief that occurs when nee evidence damands it.
Read Clouscard, and you will noticed that those are not marxist but neokantist. Otherwise good point on language !
It's really great to gain knowledge on such issues that too from a credible source. Since I am from India, I would appreciate it more if you could give English or Hindi meanings of the Urdu words you use.
چاند کو جب قریب سے دیکھا/ دور سے دیکھنے کی شے نکلی (انور شعور)
Thank you sir, i was confuse since 2020 about postmodernism which is disclose now....
There are only two philosophy teachers in Pakistan teaching masses the footnotes to Plato: Ahmed Javed, an Islamist and Taimur Rehman, a leftist. Immense respect for both.
Exactly
Making sense of Ahmed Javed is even more difficult lol
Opposite is a Constant with a Value that is Relative to the standpoint of the observer 👍
Thanks for this great video 🤗
really liked this one.
Bhtt behtareenn Andaz ma AP nay samjaya thank you sir❤️
AJ apki purani video samnay aye ..... Ap KO sunty sunty 8 Saal guzar Gaye sir .....❤
Much respect
Very Thanks sir, You infact explained the post modernization... very nice sir. Sir wana meet you also...
Sir, please continue your lectures on Das Capital
A rich lecture! But sir you must explain your exegetical objection of postmodernist view of power through ideology. Otherwise it makes sense especially in the context of 1st half of last century. And actually it's transformation of power through ideology within a country.
You are the person who can lead pakistan
American here who stumbled upon your English lecture on Facism. You have an energy and perspective worth admiration. I was really exited to hear your perspective here, but I don't understand the language.:(
I do have a Pakistani friend who speaks Urdoo, maybe I can have him help me out XD
Thank you. Will redo it in English.
@@Taimur_Laal waiting
Islam is the truth.
Nice
understand post modrensism with fun and cheer.😀
Postmodernism = Post-Contradiction. One of the best book on that in my opinion and recommendation is ‘Cynical Theories’ by Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay
Yes I've read it. I also wrote a review on it.
excellent
It cleared my concept of postmodernism
more power to you sir,
Nicely explained topic... 👍
Make an English version, too, Professor Rahman!
Good effort sir.it was informative and Helping.
Thanks a lot.
Laal salaam comrade taimur rahman sahib.
Please add subtitles. I understand some of what he is saying but not completely. He seems to have a good understanding of things. I would like to understand him properly.
Sir!👌👌👌
Sir this lecture is totally based on criticism. I am preparing for my Masters exam and currently studying Theories, Concepts and Research Methodology. It would be really appreciable if you have mentioned some text (slides) like you have mentioned in your video on Marxism.
Lots of love from India❤️❤️
Sir, i think your whole video is based on the underlying misunderstanding of the term postmodernism. Postmodernism was not an orchestrated movement to destroy " enlightenment values" or the " west". Lyotard used this term only for Descriptive purposes. He was contending that the west is now a" postmodern" society, that is, there is an attitude of "incredulity" towards the " metanarratives"( e,g Marxism , liberalism etc) in the society. So, unlike the Critical Theory, postmodern thought was not a carefully designed movement. Even Focault and Derrida categorically rejected the label.
But they all rejected the enlightenment project. That is a fact.
@@Taimur_Laal Sometimes peaceful revolts overcome dictatorships or monarchies based on ideas and excesses of the regimes. In French revolution it were the ideas that erupted the revolt. In modern times, no country can occupy the even far less backward state; is that not power of existing concepts of freedom and self-determination and power of media that fail attempts to conquer weaker states by stronger states?
@@Taimur_Laal I quite like your videos and so I say this respectfully, but to claim that Foucault and Derrida "rejected the enlightenment project" is simply untrue - or is such an oversimplification as to have little value besides invoking recurring philosophical tribalisms. They certainly attempted to problematize or complicate the goals and methods of "the enlightenment project" (as did many enlightenment thinkers as well). But reject them? This claim comes from the children's book version of postmodernism; it's disappointing to hear otherwise careful thinkers rely on such slogans.
john muckelbauer thanks for your feedback. Will go into it in greater detail soon.
@@johnmuckelbauer699 I liked this comment.
Sir,
Please make videos in english also as it has technical terms which helps in better understanding
Loved every bit.
Sir , most of Us will be grateful if you put Up subtitles for English when you speak in Hindi. Thank You. Masaah Alaah
Sir you are very intelligent person 🙂 thanks a lot 🙂
very good
Thank you.
Like many others I too would love English subtitles! Maybe you could set up some kind of patreon or system where people could collaborate and support for this content! Thank you professor
I like ur point about Bacha - Bcha angrezi bolta hain, unfortunately in India too we make this mistake of assuming that anyone who can speak english is well educated, an intellectual ,,expert in everything. Anything explaind or spoken in english seems to carry more weight for some reason.
Awesome sir
I just found you on youtube... I like your talks. I am far right "third position"; I found your talk on fascism very interesting, and fair. Please add more videos in English, I think you have a big audience waiting!
Ok. Thank you.
@@Taimur_Laal please talk about Indian occupied kashmir.i request you
Thanks sir......
and also upload lecture on categories of philosohy
Your videos and views intrigue. Your language dumbfounds me. Great stuff
And I have watched more than 5 videos and also downloaded 6 six videos for to watch later
sir, I saw your video, very interesting, sir, you make video must on realism.
Wa ji wa,
زندہ باد سر
16:48 Can you please share the source of this quote by Aristotle? Can't seem to find it anywhere. I'm reading Prior and Posterior Analytics of Aristotle these days.
I enjoyed your unique take on postmodernism, but I think you oversimplify some key concepts. For example, the idea that 'there is no such thing as truth' doesn't mean there's no truth at all. It simply means that no individual or group has the absolute right to claim their perspective as the only 'true' one and then force it on others.
Your Marxist viewpoint is just as valid as my capitalist one - both are perspectives with strengths and weaknesses. Similarly, your example of day and night as a binary is flawed. While one hemisphere experiences night, the other experiences day, highlighting the interconnectedness of these seemingly opposing forces.
I believe the postmodern movement was more about exploring the diverse range of philosophical and social ideas that exist, rather than making sweeping pronouncements about the non-existence of truth.
Sir plzz continue philosophy series
Sir ap legend hai Pakistan🇵🇰 ke lye, Greetings from Punjab, Pakistan.
انگریزی میں تو اس موضوع پر شاید بہت زیادہ لیکچرز ہو لیکن اردو میں اس موضوع پر اس سے بہتر لیکچر میں نے نہیں سنا۔،،❤️❤️❤️❤️
Well Explained
Aslamamualaikum, sir u r delivering a great lectures on every perspectives, plz sir deliver a lecture on anti-globalisation (movement). Thank u
Just clicked n really enjoyed the session
Haha, interestingly explained with humour 😂
Sir plz share a list of ten to fifteen books which you consider a must read for political science student ( Undergraduate)
Ok. I'll put together a reading list.
@@Taimur_Laal Sir waiting
What a answer by Aristotle
Why not a new series about modern philosophers..
Plz and plz
Mazaa agaya sir ❤