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About Bilal Zahoor

Bilal Zahoor is a PhD student in Social and Political Thought at York University, Canada. He's the editorial director of Folio Books, a Lahore-based independent publishing house, and the co-editor of two books on Pakistan: Rethinking Pakistan: A 21st-Century Perspective (Anthem Press, 2020) and Politics, Economy and Society: Essays on Pakistan and Beyond (Folio Books, 2023). A member of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Movement in Pakistan, he tweets at @BilalZahuur.
Latest Posts | By Bilal Zahoor
Marx’s Theory of Commodity Fetishism and Capital as a Subject
3 months ago

Marx’s Theory of Commodity Fetishism and Capital as a Subject

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In a fascinating essay “Marx’s Coat,” Peter Stallybrass traces the origins of the concept of fetishism with the help of thinkers such as William Pietz, Marcel Mauss and others to …
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ChatGPT and AI-Assisted Futures
2 years ago

ChatGPT and AI-Assisted Futures

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A friend of mine, Shahal Khoso, a PhD student in Spain, shared with me the other week a screenshot of a short paragraph on Martin Heidegger on Lahore’s smog. “A …
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