To Free This Mind...: A Dialogue - Couverture souple

Baland Iqbal, Dr; Muhammad Shehzad, Dr

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798898601362

Editeur : Baland Iqbal, 2025

Synopsis

To Free This Mind

A Dialogue Between Dr. Muhammad Shehzad and Dr. Baland Iqbal

Unchain your thoughts. Challenge the dogma. Reclaim your agency.

In a society where questioning is discouraged and conformity is rewarded, To Free This Mind emerges as a powerful manifesto of intellectual rebellion. Born from a series of bold, unfiltered questions from Dr. Muhammad Shehzad, a reformist medical doctor and youth leader, to Dr. Baland Iqbal, a seasoned novelist, social critic, and author of works such as Plato to Post-Modernism: Western Literature and In Search of Wisdom, this book offers a rare fusion of clinical precision and philosophical insight into the systemic forces shaping modern societies.

Structured around twelve penetrating dialogues, each guided by five incisive questions, the book dissects key socio-political and psychological issues with urgency and clarity:

- What is real democracy-and what is its illusion?

- Is religious extremism a form of mental manipulation?

- How do hegemonic powers hijack our education, media, and morality?

- Can we distinguish cultural religiosity from spiritual authenticity?

- Is Artificial Intelligence the next tool of mass control-or liberation?

Drawing from global history, political theory, evolutionary biology, and lived experience in Pakistan's volatile landscape, the authors courageously address taboo topics: state-sponsored dogma, cultural colonization, patriarchy, systemic moral decay, and the psychological mechanics behind herd mentality.

With literary eloquence and scholarly rigor, To Free This Mind is both a diagnosis of our time and a call to intellectual arms. It invites students, activists, educators, and open-minded readers to reclaim the right to question-and to imagine a freer, more conscious society.

"This book emerges as a commitment to interrogating modernity, offering a multidisciplinary lens to examine the forces shaping our world."

-- Professor Dr. Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat, Former Vice Chancellor, Bacha Khan University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Baland Iqbal
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798898601362
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible