The Ideal Enemy

Date(s):
March 11, 2025
Arun Kundnani and Dansowaa Adu (Trinity College)
Event type:
Curated Conversations 

In this episode of Curating ConversationsDansowaa Adu (M.A. student, Trinity College) speaks with Arun Kundnani about fascism, Islamophobia, and the production of the so-called “ideal enemy” in Samuel Huntington’s words. Drawing on his book, What Is Antiracism?: And Why It Means Anticapitalism (Verso, 2023) Kundnani explains the limits of liberal anti-racism. He and Adu discuss the need for radical theory to confront our present moment. 

About the Speakers: 

Arun Kundnani is the author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror (Verso, 2014), What is Antiracism? And Why it Means Anticapitalism (Verso, 2023), and Homeland Security: Myths and Monsters (Common Notions, 2024) co-authored with Mizue Aizeki. 

Dansowaa Adu is an MA candidate in the American Studies program at Trinity College and the inaugural Trinity Social Justice Institute Research Fellow.

Trinity Social Justice Institute
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