Arash Abizadeh ( fa, آرش ابی زاده ) is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and Professor at the Department of Political Science and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at
McGill University
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. He is known for his expertise on
democratic theory
Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (" direct democracy"), or to choose gov ...
and
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes ( ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', in which he expounds an influent ...
.
He is a recipient of
Rhodes Scholarship
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Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
(1994).
Books
* ''Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics'', Cambridge University Press, 2018,
See also
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Ethnic group
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Pistis
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Civic nationalism
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National myth
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Nationalism
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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The Ethics of Immigration
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Structure of the book
The first eight chapters of the book argue for a robust system of migrant rights and equal treatment of migrants and natives, while co ...
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Bahá'í administration
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Branding national myths and symbols
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Slavoj Žižek
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External links
Arash Abizadeh at McGill University
Philosophy academics
Living people
Canadian philosophers
Political philosophers
McGill University faculty
Canadian Rhodes Scholars
Alumni of the University of Oxford
21st-century Iranian philosophers
Canadian political scientists
Iranian political scientists
Hobbes scholars
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Winnipeg alumni
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
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