Escaping the Secret Police, Studying Ancient Greece, and Defending Human Rights | Svetlana Slapšak

<p>Svetlana Slapšak is an author, editor, anthropologist, philologist, expert in gender studies and the history of the Balkans. </p><p><br></p><p>Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1948, she now resides and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. </p><p><br></p><p>Svetlana is the type of person to whom I could talk for hours: the breadth of her experiences is exceeded only by the depth of her reading (which, I assure you, is unfathomably DEEP, indeed!)</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, Svetlana and I discuss: </p><p><br></p><p>Her upbringing in post-War, Soviet-controlled eastern Europe; Being raised by her grandmother and mother; Her early exposure to Western literature; Her “run in” with the Secret Police; Stalin’s children; Marxism; Communism; Feminism; Platonism; The Greek tragedians and comedians; Sexual politics in Ancient Greece; Athens v. Sparta; Aristophanes; Transgenderism; A (classical) Feminist’s view of biological men competing against biological women; Abolition of commercial sport; Cultural colonialism; Nationalism; the Balkans; Shakespeare; and MUCH MORE! </p><p><br></p><p>Look out for Svetlana’s forthcoming book on Slavic Myths, to which I’ll post a link once it’s in publication. </p><p><br></p><p>+++</p><p><br></p><p>As for me, </p><p><br></p><p>I can be reached at <a href="mailto:finneranswake@gmail.com">finneranswake@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Website: finneranswake.com</p><p><br></p><p>Instagram (on which shorts from my longer episodes and other sundry things are posted): Daniel Ethan Finneran</p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: DanielEFinneran</p><p><br></p><p>MY WELLNESS, MEDITATION, AND **SLEEP AID** CHANNEL! </p><p><br></p><p>You have to check this out! </p><p><br></p><p>Pneumameditations.com </p><p><br></p><p>Youtube: @pneumabydanielfinneran</p><p><br></p><p>Available on all podcast streaming services. Search, “Pneuma by Daniel Finneran” </p><p><br></p>