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How Libraries became Centres of Power
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In a game of finding the common connection, you get: war, imperialism, wealth, and resistance. Would you guess the answer to be books?
In this episode, we go back to a time when libraries were treasures that emperors and elites boasted of, and learn the surprising reason why these prized possessions got neglected after a certain point in history.
We find the truth in the maxim Knowledge is Power, and discuss the unfading popularity of biblioclasm as a means of oppression, and as an aid in ethnic cleansing.
If you liked this episode, do consider rating the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
You can reach out to me on Instagram: @postcards.pfn
My second podcast, Smartphone Nation, won the Hindustan Times Podmasters award for Best Documentary (Non-Fiction) earlier this year. If you want to understand how Indian startups in the Impact space are changing the lives of India’s Next Half Billion, please check it out: https://open.spotify.com/show/3rs9XhIkizxobxHhPfKVN9?si=04ee832982324d4e
226 episode
Manage episode 431722935 series 2575536
In a game of finding the common connection, you get: war, imperialism, wealth, and resistance. Would you guess the answer to be books?
In this episode, we go back to a time when libraries were treasures that emperors and elites boasted of, and learn the surprising reason why these prized possessions got neglected after a certain point in history.
We find the truth in the maxim Knowledge is Power, and discuss the unfading popularity of biblioclasm as a means of oppression, and as an aid in ethnic cleansing.
If you liked this episode, do consider rating the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
You can reach out to me on Instagram: @postcards.pfn
My second podcast, Smartphone Nation, won the Hindustan Times Podmasters award for Best Documentary (Non-Fiction) earlier this year. If you want to understand how Indian startups in the Impact space are changing the lives of India’s Next Half Billion, please check it out: https://open.spotify.com/show/3rs9XhIkizxobxHhPfKVN9?si=04ee832982324d4e
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