Arash Abizadeh () is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher, R.B. Angus Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Department 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. 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.
In a highly influential and widely discussed article he argued that states have no right to unilaterally control their own borders based on the principle of democratic legitimacy.
Books Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2018,
See also Ethnic group Pistis Civic nationalism National myth Nationalism Johann Gottlieb Fichte The Ethics of Immigration Bahá'í administration Branding national myths and symbols
References
External links Arash Abizadeh at McGill University Arash abizadeh personal website