Layla AbdelRahim defines domestication, anthropocentrism, de-domestication, and rewilding and discusses ways forward. This talk is part of the series on “Time, Domestication, and the Future of Stress” (TDS) organized by the Anhilaal Collective in India and Germany on the abolition of work and critique of civilization. Topics include: Domestication of time, human and other animals, energy, […]

  The Storyteller Who Ate the World: Interview with Layla AbdelRahim conducted by Bellamy Fitzpatrick for Backwoods journal 14th July – 15th August 2018   In this interview, Layla AbdelRahim expands on the analysis of the predatory and parasitic foundation of civilized economies. She explains how narratives, whether fictional or scientific, encode templates for socio-economic […]

SWAA NEWSLETTER Southwestern Anthropological Association Fall 2018, Volume 59 No. 3, page 17      BOOK CORNER    Children’s Literature, Domestication, and Social Foundation: Narratives of Civilization and Wilderness By Layla AbdelRahim 2015 Taylor &Francis Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature Series, #31 274 pages ISBN-10: 0415661102 REVIEW by Hilarie Kelly (University of La Verne) There […]

Book Review Layla AbdelRahim, Children’s Literature, Domestication, and Social Foundation: Narratives of Civilization and Wilderness New York: Routledge, 2015 & 2018; 265pp, Hardback ISBN 9780415661102; Paperback ISBN 9781138547810 By Petar Jandric, Professor, Zagreb University of Applied Sciences In Anarchist Studies; Vol. 26, #1, Spring 2018 (Peer-reviewed, academic journal) PDF Without much thinking, we often juxtapose wilderness and civilisation. The […]

Layla AbdelRahim, Children’s Literature, Domestication, and Social Foundation: Narratives of Civilization and Wilderness. New York: Routledge, 2015; 265 pp, Hardback ISBN 9780415661102; Paperback ISBN 9781138547810 Without much thinking, we often juxtapose wilderness and civilisation. The ontology of wilderness translates into anarchy, and the ontology of civilisation translates into order. However, Layla AbdelRahim shows that this neat and […]

“Perhaps the solution is rethinking what it means to be humans in a natural world, said anthropologist Layla AbdelRahim, “We must recognize our role as partners with the environment, rather than dominators, to maintain functioning ecosystems, she said.” Read article on The New York Times page or in PDF here

Interview with Layla AbdelRahim conducted by Bellamy Fitzpatrick for Backwoods journal Summer, 2018 Download as PDF In this interview, Layla AbdelRahim expands on her analysis of the predatory and parasitic foundation of civilized economies. She explains how narratives, whether fictional or scientific, encode templates for socio-economic praxis and clarifies the concept of rewilding that she […]

(Videos forthcoming) Invited Talks and Presentations: “Women’s Education for a Sustainable World”. Keynote Speaker and opened the ceremony for the Science, Art, and Sustainability Project at Vanitha College (the oldest and most prestigious women’s college in India), Hyderabad, 9th August 2016 3pm. “Epistemology and Engineering: a Critique of Narratives and Civilization”. Invited public lecture for […]

“This book is relevant across disciplines. It gets to the root of many socio-environmental problems, provides a useful analysis of how these systems operate, and offers solutions for change. It will appeal to those interested in the connection between children’s literature and socialization and the transmission of “civilized memes and genes” through literacy. It is […]

  Interview recorded on 6th August 2018, broadcast on 4th September 2018 “Layla is a pleasure to talk to and so the fact that she is in this series of podcasts is a bit of a misnomer. Which is not to say that we agree so much as to say that our disagreements aren’t the […]