Faridul Alam

Dr Faridul Alam is a former faculty member at the City University of New York (CUNY) and a licensed social work practitioner. He writes full-time on interdisciplinary issues, primarily through the lenses of postmodernism and postcolonialism.

The interplay of doxa and episteme in Bangladesh's politics

We need a political ethic that resists collapsing into either technocratic detachment or populist fury.

2d ago

To mourn meaningfully is to demand change

To grieve without demanding reform is to accept the inevitability of recurrence.

1w ago

Looking at the July uprising through Actor-Network Theory

The July uprising was a networked event, a convergence of actors both familiar and unexpected.

2w ago

How global economic governance entrenches dependence for countries like Bangladesh

In the first half of 2025, Bangladesh’s economic headlines have swung between cautious optimism and deepening alarm.

2w ago

The BRICS equation behind the Israel-Iran conflict

The Israel-Iran conflict is about who defines global legitimacy.

3w ago

The ethics of machine judgement and the post-human condition

In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, decision-making is stripped of human nuance.

1m ago

How AI shaped the Iran-Israel 12-day war

Palantir Technologies, a US-based analytics firm, was publicly acknowledged to have strategic partnerships with Israel’s Ministry of Defence.

1m ago

Israel and the reinvention of bio-necro-politics

The weaponisation of humanitarianism is perhaps the most insidious aspect of Israel’s bio-necro-politics.

1m ago
July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025

The interplay of doxa and episteme in Bangladesh's politics

We need a political ethic that resists collapsing into either technocratic detachment or populist fury.

July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025

To mourn meaningfully is to demand change

To grieve without demanding reform is to accept the inevitability of recurrence.

July 19, 2025
July 19, 2025

Looking at the July uprising through Actor-Network Theory

The July uprising was a networked event, a convergence of actors both familiar and unexpected.

July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025

How global economic governance entrenches dependence for countries like Bangladesh

In the first half of 2025, Bangladesh’s economic headlines have swung between cautious optimism and deepening alarm.

July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025

The BRICS equation behind the Israel-Iran conflict

The Israel-Iran conflict is about who defines global legitimacy.

July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025

The ethics of machine judgement and the post-human condition

In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, decision-making is stripped of human nuance.

June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025

How AI shaped the Iran-Israel 12-day war

Palantir Technologies, a US-based analytics firm, was publicly acknowledged to have strategic partnerships with Israel’s Ministry of Defence.

June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025

Israel and the reinvention of bio-necro-politics

The weaponisation of humanitarianism is perhaps the most insidious aspect of Israel’s bio-necro-politics.

June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025

Disinformation and the Israel-Iran conflict

In the unfolding Israel-Iran conflict, disinformation is not peripheral—it is central.

June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the politics of starvation

What we are witnessing in Gaza is the collapse of humanitarianism’s ethical core.