Translated: Un compromis entre élections et tirage au sort
Arash Abizadeh. “Un compromis entre élections et tirage au sort.” Raison publique, 26 (2013): 53-62. Adapted French translation of “In...
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- Jun 14
Translated: Teoría Democrática y Coerción fronteriza
Arash Abizadeh. "Teoría democrática y coerción froteriza: la falta de derecho a controlar unilateralmente las proprias fronteras." In...
- May 24, 2022
Article: The Blocker Postulates for Measures of Voting Power
Arash Abizadeh and Adrian Vetta. 2022. "The Blocker Postulates for Measures of Voting Power." Social Choice and Welfare 60.4 (2023):...
- Nov 24, 2021
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 15, 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....
- Sep 8, 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):...
- Jul 2, 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...
- May 17, 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):...
- Mar 11, 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...
- Jan 15, 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....
- Jun 6, 2020
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...
- Oct 30, 2019
Article: Representation, Bicameralism, Political Equality, and Sortition
Arash Abizadeh. "Representation, Bicameralism, Political Equality, and Sortition: Reconstituting the Second Chamber as a Randomly...
- Jul 11, 2019
Article: Subjectivism, Instrumentalism, and Prudentialism about Reasons
Arash Abizadeh. "Subjectivism, Instrumentalism, and Prudentialism about Reasons: On the Normativity of Instrumental Transmission."...
- May 3, 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....
- Feb 19, 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...
- Dec 14, 2018
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...
- Sep 30, 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...
- Nov 24, 2017
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...
- Jul 4, 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...
- Mar 24, 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...
- Jan 23, 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):...
- Mar 31, 2016
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 8, 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....
- Feb 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...
- Aug 29, 2015
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:...
- Jul 17, 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.”...
- Jun 18, 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.”...
- Dec 21, 2013
Translated: Geschlossene Grenzen, Menschenrechte und demokratische Legitimation
Arash Abizadeh. “Geschlossene Grenzen, Menschenrechte und demokratische Legitimation.” polylog: Zeitschrift für interkulturelles...
- Dec 20, 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 8, 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...
- Aug 31, 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....
- Jan 4, 2013
Chapter: Representation of Hobbesian Sovereignty
Arash Abizadeh. “The Representation of Hobbesian Sovereignty: Leviathan as Mythology.” In Hobbes Today: Insights for the 21st Century....
- Nov 30, 2012
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...
- May 31, 2011
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, 2010
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...
- Apr 1, 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:...
- Mar 31, 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...
- Feb 26, 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...
- Oct 31, 2009
Review: The Radical Hobbes
Arash Abizadeh. "The Radical Hobbes." Review essay of Jeffrey R. Collins, The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes (Oxford: Oxford University...
- Jun 30, 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...
- Dec 31, 2008
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 1, 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:...
- Jul 31, 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...
- Apr 30, 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?"...
- Feb 29, 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):...
- Dec 7, 2007
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...
- Jun 29, 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...
- Nov 30, 2006
Article: Liberal Egalitarian Arguments for Closed Borders
Arash Abizadeh. "Liberal Egalitarian Arguments for Closed Borders: Some Preliminary Critical Reflections." Ethics & Economics 4.1 (2006)....
- Dec 30, 2005
Article: Democratic Elections without Campaigns?
Arash Abizadeh. "Democratic Elections without Campaigns? Normative Foundations of National Baha'i Elections." World Order 37.1 (2005):...
- Jul 7, 2005
Article: Was Fichte an Ethnic Nationalist?
Arash Abizadeh. “Was Fichte an Ethnic Nationalist? On Cultural Nationalism and its Double.” History of Political Thought 26.2 (2005):...
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