Arash Abizadeh

Arash Abizadeh
Born
Shiraz, Iran[1]
EducationUniversity of Winnipeg (BA)
University of Oxford (MPhil)
Harvard University (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsMcGill University
ThesisRhetoric, the Passions, and Difference in Discursive Democracy (2001)
Doctoral advisorSeyla Benhabib
Main interests
Political philosophy, early modern philosophy
Websitehttp://abizadeh.wixsite.com/arash

Arash Abizadeh (Persian: آرش ابی زاده) is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher, R.B. Angus Professor of Political Science, and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. He is known for his expertise on democratic theory, political and social power, migration and border control, and Thomas Hobbes.[2][3][4][5] He is a recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship (1994).

As a democratic theorist he is known for his advocacy of sortition, and has proposed the adoption of random selection to fill seats in the Senate of Canada.[6]

  1. ^ Grieve, Pete. "Guest Lecturer Born in Iran Cancels After Immigration Executive Order". Chicago Maroon.
  2. ^ "Online Colloquium (1): Introduction to Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics". European Hobbes Society. 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics". Centre de recherche en éthique (in French). 17 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Online Colloquium (2): Field on Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics". European Hobbes Society. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Arash Abizadeh". Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  6. ^ Abizadeh, Arash. "Opinion: Let's replace Canada's Senate with a randomly selected citizen assembly". Retrieved 10 June 2024.