{"id":3701,"date":"2017-02-02T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T22:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2018-08-17T01:34:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T01:34:34","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-jason-reza-jorjani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3701","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Jason Reza Jorjani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3702 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani-1024x468.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark co-host and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZM4HLJJ75VhYvtRnq5dA9w\">Pilleater<\/a>\u00a0interview Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD. Jason Reza Jorgani is an Iranian-American and native New Yorker of Persian and northern European descent. After receiving his BA and MA at New York University, he completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Jorjani currently teaches courses on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and the history of Iran at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the author of the book <a href=\"http:\/\/arktos.com\/product\/prometheus-and-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Prometheus and Atlas<\/em><\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>The Indo-European heritage of pre-Islamic Iran, contributions to science and culture, and how Iran was one of the most free and tolerant of the Ancient Civilizations<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mazdak\"> Zoroastrian Priest Mazdak<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0redistributed the wealth and broke up the Harems during the\u00a0<a title=\"Sasanian Empire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sasanian_Empire\">Sasanian<\/a>\u00a0era, and how his legacy has been co-opted by the left<br \/>\nThe cultural and genetic impact of the Arab, Turkish, and Mongol invasions of Iran<br \/>\nHow Pre-Islamic Iranian Culture was the basis for the Islamic Golden Age<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0hch8ZEqtk0\">Rumi Was White<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sufism\">Sufism<\/a>\u00a0as a cryptic religion based on pre-Islamic Iranian values<br \/>\nThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pahlavi_dynasty\">Pahlavi dynasty<\/a>, the misconception that the Pahlavi&#8217;s were Neoliberals, but were closer to National Socialist Economics, and how the original Shah\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Rez\u0101 Sh\u0101h\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rez%C4%81_Sh%C4%81h\">Rez\u0101 Sh\u0101h<\/a>\u00a0instituted land reform<br \/>\nThe culture of Iran under the Pahlavi Dynasty as a revival Pre-Islamic Iranian culture, while emulating the best aspects of the west<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad_Mosaddegh\">Mohammad Mosaddegh<\/a>\u00a0and Oil Nationalization<br \/>\nThe Iranian Renaissance Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing about a cultural revolution in Greater Iran on the basis of the pre-Islamic Persian heritage and Indo-European values<br \/>\nThe original Arab Shia Islam of Ali vs. the\u00a0Shia Islam that functioned as a cryptic religion maintaining Iran&#8217;s identity<br \/>\nThe rejection of the Islamic Regime by the Iranian Youth, and why Jason does not see Islam as having a future in Iran<br \/>\nThose who want an opposition movement in Iran based on Neo-liberal &#8220;MTV&#8221; values<br \/>\nParallels between the Islamic conquest of Iran and mass migrations into Europe, and the importance of an alliance between Iranian and European Nationalist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3xD9NdBbEPM\">Jason&#8217;s speech at NPI<\/a>\u00a0where he criticized those on the dissident right who are sympathetic to Islam<br \/>\nJason&#8217;s response to the argument that Shia Islam serves as a counter balance to Saudi Arabia and radical Sunni Islam<br \/>\nThe Iranian Renaissance&#8217;s vision of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_Iran\">Greater Iran<\/a>, including Afghanistan, as well as parts of Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Central Asia<br \/>\nThe Syrian civil war, and Syria as the historic crossroads between Greco-Roman and Iranian cultures<br \/>\nOther Iranian peoples including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurds\">Kurds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yazidis\">Yazidis<\/a><br \/>\nTrump&#8217;s Muslim ban, the exception for Saudi Arabia, and Jason&#8217;s point that the ban on Iran will force dissidents to fight for change within Iran rather than escaping to the West<br \/>\nThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_diaspora\">Iranian diaspora <\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehrangeles\">Tehrangeles<\/a>, Iranian American support for Trump, and Iranian Jews<br \/>\nJason&#8217;s\u00a0book <a href=\"http:\/\/arktos.com\/product\/prometheus-and-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prometheus and Atlas<\/a>\u00a0which was published by Arktos<br \/>\nThe Prometheus and Atlas Sculpture at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rockefeller_Center\">Rockefeller Center<\/a>, which is a magnificent pagan temple in the heart of rootless neoliberal\u00a0New York City<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Heidegger\">Martin Heidegger<\/a>\u00a0and his view that thinking is based on a sense of place<br \/>\nThe Archeo-Futurist aesthetic to Trump Tower, and similarities to Ancient Structures such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiwanaku\">Tiwanaku<\/a>\u00a0in Bolivia, the Babylonian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ziggurat\">Ziggurat<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sphinx\">Sphinx<\/a>\u00a0in Egypt<br \/>\nThe segment in the book <a href=\"http:\/\/arktos.com\/product\/prometheus-and-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prometheus and Atlas<\/a>\u00a0on Anime, the film\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akira_(1988_film)\">Akira<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion\">Neon Genesis Evangelion<\/a>, Japan&#8217;s reaction to modernity, and Heidegger&#8217;s influence on Japan<br \/>\nJason&#8217;s new website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.altright.com\/\">AltRight.com<\/a><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3701-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Jason-Jorjani.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">Check out Robert Stark&#8217;s Paintings!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark co-host and Pilleater&nbsp;interview Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD. Jason Reza Jorgani is an Iranian-American and native New Yorker of Persian and northern European descent. After receiving his BA and MA at New York University, he completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3701\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews Jason Reza Jorjani<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[542,740,195,221,339,746,408,623,457,231,459,713,484,12,279,61,404,261,276,3,213,306,232,186,211,275,322,323,828,773,348,185,202,66,169,737,622,136,830,466,214,829,215,43,831,832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aesthetics","category-akira","category-alternative-right","category-american-culture","category-ancient-greece","category-anime","category-arabs","category-architecture","category-art","category-bashar-assad","category-culture","category-demographics","category-donald-trump","category-economics","category-europe","category-european-nationalism","category-globalization","category-hezbollah","category-history","category-immigration","category-iran","category-iranian-jews","category-iraq","category-isis","category-islam","category-islamization","category-japan","category-japanese-culture","category-jason-reza-jorjani","category-jeffery-mishlove","category-martin-heidegger","category-middle-east","category-nationalism","category-neoliberalism","category-philosophy","category-pilleater","category-politics","category-religion","category-reza-pahlavi","category-saudi-arabia","category-shia-islam","category-sufism","category-sunni-islam","category-syria","category-the-iranian-renaissance","category-zoroastrianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7308,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions\/7308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}