Pessimism & Proto-Antinatalism in Persia's Book of Kings (Shahnameh) | Mani

Описание: Shahnameh – The Book of Kings – is a great work of Persian literature. What pessimism and proto-antinatalism can be found in its pages? I speak with Mani to find out!

Check out Antinatalism in Iran (my previous interview w/ Mani):    • Antinatalism in Iran | Mani  

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00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Shahnameh (The Book of Kings)
09:27 - Pessimism in Shahnameh
32:19 - Proto-Antinatalism in Shahnameh
46:31 - Zurvanism
57:28 - Further Reading
01:01:37 - Outro

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General links:
• Introductory video to Shahnameh:    • Ferdowsi Shahnameh: A Genius of Persian li...  
• Shahnameh: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shahnameh-Pe... Archive: https://archive.org/details/shahnameh...
• Epic and Sedition – A Case of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh: https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Sedition-...

The Ant's Gift: A Study of the Shahnameh (Shahrokh Meskoob): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ants-Gift-Sh...

Blade Runner trailer:    • Blade Runner (1982) Official Trailer - Rid...  

Zurvanism links:
• Zurvanism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurvanism
• Encyclopedia: https://www.iranicaonline.org/article...
• Spirit of Wisdom (or Menog-i Khrad): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menog-i... English: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet....
• The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism (R. C. Zaehner): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dawn-Twiligh...
• Zurvan – a Zoroastrian dilemma (R. C. Zaehner): https://www.amazon.com/Zurvan-Zoroast...
• Persian Mythology (John R. Hinnells): https://www.amazon.com/Persian-mythol...

Fatalism in Persian Epics (Helmer Ringgren): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... Archive: https://archive.org/details/fatalismi...

Mehdi Akhavan-Sales: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi...

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