Arash Abi𝔃adeh
@AAbizadeh
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Political philosophy prof at McGill — migrated to bluer skies
Montréal, Québec
Joined May 2011
I no longer visit but for this I’m making an exception: The editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 have resigned en masse. We’re starting a new diamond open-access journal with @openlibhums
https://t.co/gDVmBr4Pac
dailynous.com
The executive, associate, and advisory editors and all of the editorial board members of one of the most influential journals in moral and political philosophy, Philosophy & Public Affairs, have...
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Very proud of our PhD student Derval Ryan for her recent article on “The Kingdom of the Proud: Natural Equality and Civil Inequality In Hobbes's Leviathan” published in _History of Political Thought_ https://t.co/PP0YWfrjOK…
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Je suis fier de participer à ce projet si important pour la santé future de la démocratie québécoise. https://t.co/KPlNl1sYQD
quebecautrement.com
Le Forum Démocratie, Justice, Pluralisme rassemble des chercheuses et des chercheurs québécois préoccupés par le sort des valeurs démocratiques, des droits fondamentaux et des institutions constitu...
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Próximamente un libro muy necesario, editado y presentado por @piunsky y @_cecico . Con trabajos de Margaret Moore, @AAbizadeh, @KikeCamach, Linda Bosniak, Christine Straehle, Tabea Salzmann, Gustavo Macedo y @BernardoBolanos. @aliosventos @FilosofiaUP @HumanidadesUP
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New post: Céline Spector: Les Conférences publiques Charles Taylor en pensée politique 2023
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For the last 9 months, The Guardian analyzed projects from the biggest carbon offset provider in the world. They found "94% of the credits had no benefit to the climate." Some of the biggest corporations in the world are using these offsets to claim they are "carbon neutral."
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It’s been a mystery why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in mere decades. Turns out they incorporated chemicals in a process that induces self-healing; scientists at MIT just figured this all out - in 2022. Extraordinary. https://t.co/cOPyln0ifd
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Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the materia...
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Iranian Nobel Prize winner: Oberlin trying to whitewash professor's crimes against humanity In other words, Oberlin has no problem with mass murderers as professors as long as we keep it quiet
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Amnesty International determined in an exhaustive 2018 report that Mahallati covered up the mass murder of at least 5,000 innocent Iranian dissidents in 1988.
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What if every city had “Bike Buses” for kids going to school & daycare? What if safe, protected bike infrastructure made them easy? From Nijmegen NL, a #BikeBus developed in partnership with an after-school childcare. HT to great folks at @Cycling_Embassy
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I could not find a single water fountain in @BrusselsAirport (yes, I asked). All they had were plastic water bottles they were trying to force on us. What an ecological disgrace. This, from the place claiming to be the “heart of Europe.” More like cardiac arrest. #ecodisaster
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Scientists cross fusion energy barrier: more energy out than they put in. Possible game-changer for clean energy
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Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say | Iran | The Guardian
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Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say
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Several years ago, I read a study that said that having one fewer child was the best individual action to take for the climate. I was intrigued -- and a little skeptical. This story is the result. A thread... 1/ https://t.co/cuLYT6VFOp
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The question of having kids in a warming world has started to shift — from fears over what children will do to the climate to fears over what the climate will do to them.
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Talking the Talk but not Walking the Walk, Chapter LXVI: Canada trying to dilute EU deforestation rules
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The EU regulation aims to limit the trade of products linked to deforestation worldwide.
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🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌 The Irish Findings are as follows: • 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡ • 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)
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تعدادی از فعالان تئاتر و سینمای ایران از جمله سهیلا گلستانی (بازیگر) و حمید پورآذری (کارگردان) با انتشار این ویدئو، بیحجاب مقابل دوربین ظاهر شدند. #مهسا_امینی
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Iranian theatre and cinema actors silently protest without compulsory hejab. Their male colleagues stand alongside them in solidarity.
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Tentative syllabus for my grad seminar next semester on Power, Domination, & Hierarchy https://t.co/rdVnlzR35c
abizadeh.wixsite.com
Syllabus for POLI 613, winter semester 2023.
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