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Islam and Science Fiction
Ottoman History Podcast
English - February 13, 2022 17:12 - ★★★★★ - 199 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History history middle east ottoman empire turkey islam Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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with Jörg Matthias Determann
hosted by Shireen Hamza
| Islam and science fiction have more history together than you might expect. In this episode, we speak with Jörg Matthias Determann about the many ways science has fueled the imagination of people in Muslim-majority contexts over the last few hundred years. In his latest book, he shows how artists and missionaries participated in "cultures of astrobiology," or the study of life on other planets. Exploring the ways that a variety of authors, artists, and governments have imagined a future with and for Muslims, Matthias shows that there are many overlapping and competing visions of Muslim Futurism.