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Article: The Burdens of Jurisdiction and the Alleged Right to Exclude Unwanted Migrants
Arash Abizadeh. "The Burdens of Jurisdiction and the Alleged Right to Exclude Unwanted Migrants." Critical Review of International Social...
Apr 8


Article: Power, Costs, Collective Action, and Solidarity
Arash Abizadeh. "Power, Costs, Collective Action, Bargaining, and Solidarity." American Journal of Political Science , forthcoming....
Feb 14


Article: What Toleration Is Not
Arash Abizadeh. "What Toleration is Not." Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, forthcoming. Abstract:...
Jan 3, 2024


Translated: Un compromis entre élections et tirage au sort
Arash Abizadeh. “Un compromis entre élections et tirage au sort.” Raison publique, 26 (2023): 53-62. Adapted French translation of “In...
Jul 28, 2023

Translated: Teoría Democrática y Coerción fronteriza
Arash Abizadeh. "Teoría democrática y coerción froteriza: la falta de derecho a controlar unilateralmente las proprias fronteras." In...
Jun 14, 2023


Article: The Blocker Postulates for Measures of Voting Power
Arash Abizadeh and Adrian Vetta. "The Blocker Postulates for Measures of Voting Power." Social Choice and Welfare 60.4 (2023): 595–623. ...
May 24, 2022


Chapter: Hobbes's Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure
Arash Abizadeh. "Hobbes's Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure." In A Companion to Hobbes. Ed. Marcus P. Adams. Pp....
Nov 24, 2021


Article: Consequences, Conscience, and Fallibility: Early Modern Roots of Toleration
Arash Abizadeh. "Consequences, Conscience, and Fallibility: Early Modern Roots of Toleration." Critical Review 34.1 (2022): 16-27....
Nov 15, 2021


Article: A Recursive Measure of Voting Power with Partial Decisiveness or Efficacy
Arash Abizadeh. 2022. "A Recursive Measure of Voting Power with Partial Decisiveness or Efficacy." The Journal of Politics 84.3 (2022):...
Sep 8, 2021


Article: The Scope of the All-Subjected Principle: On the Logical Structure of Coercive Laws
Arash Abizadeh. "The Scope of the All-Subjected Principle: On the Logical Structure of Coercive Laws." Analysis 81.4 (2021): 603-610. PDF...
Jul 2, 2021


Article: The Power of Numbers
Arash Abizadeh. "The Power of Numbers: On Agential Power-With-Others Without Power-Over-Others." Philosophy & Public Affairs 49.3 (2021):...
May 17, 2021


Article: Counter-Majoritarian Democracy: Persistent Minorities, Federalism, and the Power of Numbers
Arash Abizadeh. "Counter-Majoritarian Democracy: Persistent Minorities, Federalism, and the Power of Numbers." American Political Science...
Mar 11, 2021


Article: The Grammar of Social Power
Arash Abizadeh. "The Grammar of Social Power: Power-to, Power-with, Power-despite, and Power-over." Political Studies 71.1 (2023): 3-19....
Jan 15, 2021


Article: Glory and the Evolution of Hobbes’s Disagreement Theory of War: From Elements to Leviathan
Arash Abizadeh. "Glory and the Evolution of Hobbes’s Disagreement Theory of War: From Elements to Leviathan." History of Political...
Jun 6, 2020


Article: Representation, Bicameralism, Political Equality, and Sortition
Arash Abizadeh. "Representation, Bicameralism, Political Equality, and Sortition: Reconstituting the Second Chamber as a Randomly...
Oct 30, 2019

Article: Subjectivism, Instrumentalism, and Prudentialism about Reasons
Arash Abizadeh. "Subjectivism, Instrumentalism, and Prudentialism about Reasons: On the Normativity of Instrumental Transmission."...
Jul 11, 2019


Chapter: In Defense of Imperfection: An Election-Sortition Compromise
Arash Abizadeh. “In Defense of Imperfection: An Election-Sortition Compromise.” Legislature by Lot. Ed. John Gastil & Erik Olin Wright....
May 3, 2019


Review: The Politics of Borders, by Matthew Longo
Arash Abizadeh. Review of Matthew Longo, The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen after 9/11 (Cambridge: Cambridge...
Feb 19, 2019


Colloquium: Hobbes & the Two Faces of Ethics
Click here for an overview of my book Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics. The overview is published by the European Hobbes Society to...
Dec 14, 2018


Book: Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics
Arash Abizadeh. Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Winner of the Canadian Philosophical...
Sep 30, 2018


Article: Hobbes's Conventionalist Theology, the Trinity, & God as an Artificial Person by Fiction
Arash Abizadeh. "Hobbes’s Conventionalist Theology, the Trinity, and God as an Artificial Person by Fiction." The Historical Journal 60.4...
Nov 24, 2017


Article: Hobbes's Agnostic Theology before Leviathan
Arash Abizadeh. "Hobbes's Agnostic Theology before Leviathan." Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47.5 (2017): 714-737. PDF Abstract: Prior...
Jul 4, 2017


Chapter: Which Procedure for Deciding Election Procedures?
Arash Abizadeh. "Which Procedure for Deciding Election Procedures?" In Should We Change How We Vote? Evaluating Canada's Electoral...
Mar 24, 2017


Article: Hobbes on Mind: Practical Deliberation, Reasoning, and Language
Arash Abizadeh. "Hobbes on Mind: Practical Deliberation, Reasoning, and Language." Journal of the History of Philosophy 55.1 (2017):...
Jan 23, 2017


Chapitre: Les signes religieux, la laïcité et la mentalité médiévale : du débat public sur la Charte
Arash Abizadeh. “Les signes religieux, la laïcité et la mentalité médiévale : du débat public sur la Charte des valeurs.” In Les...
Mar 31, 2016


Chapter: Sovereign Jurisdiction, Territorial Rights, and Membership in Hobbes
Arash Abizadeh. "Sovereign Jurisdiction, Territorial Rights, and Membership in Hobbes.” In The Oxford Handbook of Hobbes. Ed. A.P....
Mar 8, 2016


Chapter: The Special-Obligations Challenge to More Open Borders
Arash Abizadeh. “The Special-Obligations Challenge to More Open Borders.” In Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and...
Feb 8, 2016

Article: The Absence of Reference in Hobbes' Philosophy of Language
Arash Abizadeh. “The Absence of Reference in Hobbes’ Philosophy of Language.” Philosophers' Imprint, 15.22 (2015): 1-22. PDF Abstract:...
Aug 29, 2015


Article: Wage Competition and the Special-Obligations Challenge to More Open Borders
Arash Abizadeh, Manish Pandey, & Sohrab Abizadeh. "Wage Competition and the Special-Obligations Challenge to More Open Borders.”...
Jul 17, 2015


Debate: On Carens's The Ethics of Immigration
Arash Abizadeh. “The Rights of Migrants and the Protection of Fundamental Human Interests: On Carens’s The Ethics of Immigration.”...
Jun 18, 2015


Translated: Geschlossene Grenzen, Menschenrechte und demokratische Legitimation
Arash Abizadeh. “Geschlossene Grenzen, Menschenrechte und demokratische Legitimation.” polylog: Zeitschrift für interkulturelles...
Dec 21, 2013


Article: A Critique of the "Common Ownership of the Earth" Thesis
Arash Abizadeh. "A Critique of the "Common Ownership of the Earth" Thesis." Les Ateliers de l'éthique 8.2 (2013): 33-40. PDF Abstract: In...
Dec 20, 2013


Article: Démocratie, nation et ethnie : le problème des frontières
Arash Abizadeh. "Démocratie, nation et ethnie : le problème des frontières.” Raison publique (2013/12/08, re-publié 2022/01/18). PDF...
Dec 8, 2013


Article: Publicity, Privacy, and Religious Toleration in Hobbes's Leviathan
Arash Abizadeh. "Publicity, Privacy, and Religious Toleration in Hobbes's Leviathan." Modern Intellectual History 10.2 (2013): 261-291....
Aug 31, 2013


Chapter: Representation of Hobbesian Sovereignty
Arash Abizadeh. “The Representation of Hobbesian Sovereignty: Leviathan as Mythology.” In Hobbes Today: Insights for the 21st Century....
Jan 4, 2013


Article: On the Demos and its Kin: Nationalism, Democracy, and the Boundary Problem
Arash Abizadeh. "On the Demos and its Kin: Nationalism, Democracy, and the Boundary Problem." American Political Science Review 106.4...
Nov 30, 2012


Article: Hobbes on the Causes of War
Arash Abizadeh. "Hobbes on the Causes of War: A Disagreement Theory." American Political Science Review 105.2 (2011): 298-315. PDF...
May 31, 2011


Chapter: Closed Borders, Human Rights, and Democratic Legitimation
Arash Abizadeh. “Closed Borders, Human Rights, and Democratic Legitimation.” In Driven From Home: Human Rights and the New Realities of...
May 31, 2010


Translated: Этничность, раса и человечество, возможное в будущем
Arash Abizadeh. "Этничность, раса и человечество, возможное в будущем." Неприкосновенный запас 69 (2010). [Russian translation of:...
Apr 1, 2010


Chapter: Citizenship, Immigration, and Boundaries
Arash Abizadeh. “Citizenship, Immigration, and Boundaries.” In Ethics and World Politics. Ed. D. S. A. Bell. Pp. 358-76. Oxford: Oxford...
Mar 31, 2010


Article: Democratic Legitimacy and State Coercion: A Reply to David Miller
Arash Abizadeh. "Democratic Legitimacy and State Coercion: A Reply to David Miller." Political Theory 38.1 (2010): 121-130. PDF A...
Feb 26, 2010


Review: The Radical Hobbes
Arash Abizadeh. "The Radical Hobbes." Review essay of Jeffrey R. Collins, The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes (Oxford: Oxford University...
Oct 31, 2009


Debate: Response to Carens' "In Defense of Amnesty for Irregular Migrants"
Arash Abizadeh. Response to Joseph Carens’s “In Defense of Amnesty for Irregular Migrants.” Boston Review 34.3 (2009). Part of symposium...
Jun 30, 2009


Article: How Baha'i Voters Should Vote
Arash Abizadeh. "How Baha'i Voters Should Vote." The Journal of Baha'i Studies 18.1-4 (2008): 77-94. PDF Abstract: Two widespread...
Dec 31, 2008


Chapitre: Thomas Hobbes et le droit naturel
Arash Abizadeh. “Thomas Hobbes et le droit naturel.” In Droit naturel, relancer l’histoire? Ed. Xavier Dijon. Pp. 331-78. Brussels:...
Dec 1, 2008


Review: Nations, States, and Violence, by David D. Laitin
Arash Abizadeh. Review of David D. Laitin, Nations, States, and Violence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). In Nations and...
Jul 31, 2008


Article: Is There a Genuine Tension between Cosmopolitan Egalitarianism and Special Responsibilities
Arash Abizadeh and Pablo Gilabert. "Is There a Genuine Tension between Cosmopolitan Egalitarianism and Special Responsibilities?"...
Apr 30, 2008


Article: Democratic Theory and Border Coercion: No Right to Unilaterally Control Your Own Borders
Arash Abizadeh. "Democratic Theory and Border Coercion: No Right to Unilaterally Control Your Own Borders." Political Theory 36.1 (2008):...
Feb 29, 2008

Article: Cooperation, Pervasive Impact, and Coercion: On the Scope (not Site) of Distributive Justic
Arash Abizadeh. "Cooperation, Pervasive Impact, and Coercion: On the Scope (not Site) of Distributive Justice." Philosophy & Public...
Dec 7, 2007


Article: On the Philosophy/Rhetoric Binaries, or, Is Habermasian Discourse Motivationally Impotent?
Arash Abizadeh. “On the Philosophy/Rhetoric Binaries, or, Is Habermasian Discourse Motivationally Impotent?” Philosophy & Social...
Jun 29, 2007
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