 He refused to be classified as Islamist, Shia Islamist or even Shia intellectual, but considered the Islamic faith and culture that he grew up with as a paving factor to his embracing of postmodernist ideas and distancing him from modernism.Since the early 1990s, Kadhim has shown increasing interest in the critical theory and cultural studies.In February 2007, Kadhim was honored by "Al-Wasat" newspaper for his "contributions to the intellectual and cultural" debate in Bahrain.