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51Comparative Political PhilosophyThe Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 7 131-135. 2007.Has comparative political philosophy progressed beyond crude generalizations and scattershot explorations of traditions perceived as exotic and other? In commenting on the current condition of comparative political philosophy, I will treat two of the main methodological questions which arise in the encounter with texts from traditions unfamiliar to philosophers in the West. First, I survey the difficulties of translation, between both languages and cultures. Second, I examine the problem of comp…Read more
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23Avoid the Banking Model in Social and Environmental Justice Education: Interrogate the TensionsEducational Studies: A Jrnl of the American Educ. Studies Assoc 49 (5): 430-442. 2013.In this article, we argue that when teaching about and for social and environmental justice, teachers need to move beyond promoting individual behavior changes as a primary means to counter complex, global problems. Further, we advocate for a more robust strategy for teaching about and for social and environmental justice that not only raises awareness about oppression, inequality, and destruction, but also, and more importantly, interrogates how we define and operationalize the concept of justi…Read more
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9Comparative Political PhilosophyThe Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 7 131-135. 2007.Has comparative political philosophy progressed beyond crude generalizations and scattershot explorations of traditions perceived as exotic and other? In commenting on the current condition of comparative political philosophy, I will treat two of the main methodological questions which arise in the encounter with texts from traditions unfamiliar to philosophers in the West. First, I survey the difficulties of translation, between both languages and cultures. Second, I examine the problem of comp…Read more
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8Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy. By Nader Hashemi (review)Journal of Islamic Studies 22 (3): 442-445. 2011.
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5A Religion, Not A State: Ali Abd Al-raziq’s Islamic Justification Of Political Secularism. By Souad T. Ali (review)Journal of Islamic Studies 23 (2): 247-249. 2012.
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3Radicalism and Political Reform in the Islamic and Western Worlds By Kai Hafez (review)Journal of Islamic Studies 24 (3): 388-390. 2013.
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Political Islam Observed. By Frédéric Volpi (review)Journal of Islamic Studies 23 (2): 249-251. 2012.