Published On Oct 26, 2023
Thomas Dabbs speaks with Peter Herman of San Diego State University about his new book, 'Early Modern Others' and also about Peter’s work on literature and terrorism.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:19 - Early Modern Others: pushing back against wokeness
00:09:00 - Class, diversity, colonialism, slavery
00:16:38 - Thomas More, Utopia, and the New World
00:20:00 - The danger of exporting technology
00:23:50 - Taming shrews, empowerment
00:31:10 - Abuse, sexism, and racism in Shakespeare: uncertainties
00:40:11 - Class struggle in Deloney and Dekker
00:47:10 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream and dissonance
00:53:00 - Deloney as ballad writer and fugitive
00:58:18 - Religious tolerance in the early-modern period
01:04:10 - London’s Africans
01:08:56 - The benefits of EEBO
01:14:54 - Terrorism and Literature
01:25:09 - Religion and empire
01:38:40 - Flexibility in scholarship
01:43:43 - Closing remarks