Profile
Arash Abizadeh
Affiliation
McGill UniversityAcademy or College
Academy of Social SciencesYear Elected
2024Areas of Interest
contemporary political theory, normative democratic theory; nationalism and cosmopolitanism; Hobbes
Arash Abizadeh is R.B. Angus Professor of Political Science and Associate Member of the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. He received his BA(Hon) from the University of Winnipeg, MPhil from Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, and PhD from Harvard. His research focuses on democratic theory; identity, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism; immigration and border control; social and political power; and 17th and 18th century philosophy, especially Hobbes and Rousseau.
Arash Abizadeh est professeur R. B. Angus de sciences politiques et membre associé du département de philosophie de l’Université McGill. Il est titulaire d’un baccalauréat de la University of Winnipeg, d’une MPhil d’Oxford en tant que boursier Rhodes et d’un doctorat de Harvard. Ses recherches portent sur la théorie démocratique, l’identité, le nationalisme et le cosmopolitisme, l’immigration et le contrôle des frontières, le pouvoir sociopolitique et la philosophie des 17e et 18e siècles, et en particulier Hobbes et Rousseau.