Article: What Toleration Is Not
Arash Abizadeh. "What Toleration is Not." Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, forthcoming. Abstract:...
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Jul 28, 2023
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...
Jun 14, 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...
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):...
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