Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation
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Social Theory: Mari J. Matsuda
By Meray Maddah. Meray is a PhD researcher at the Politics and Public Administration Department at the University of Konstanz. She is part of the Working Group, “Legislatures in International Politics” lead by Dr. Thomas Malang. Currently, she...
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Social Theory: Ibn Khaldun
By Ahmed Abozaid
Abdel-Rahman Abu-Zeid Walieddin Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), also known as Ibn Khaldun, is one of the most prominent Muslim Arab scholars, responsible for articulating a theoretical approach which dismantles the dialectical relationship...
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Social Theory: Yassin Al Haj Saleh
By Fadi Nicholas Nassar, Director of the Institute for Social Justice and Conflict Resolution and Assistant Professor in Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University. Much of social and political theory is borne...
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Social Theory: Judith N. Shklar
By Amal Bourhrous.--Judith N. Shklar (1928-1992) is a political theorist of the margins. Her focus is not on the elaboration of a theory of justice, but rather on thinking politics from the perspective of injustice, hearing the voices of the victims,...
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Social Theory: Ali Al-Wardi
Ali Al-Wardi (1913-1995) was an Iraqi prominent sociologist, and a theorist who was credited for founding the first Iraqi, and Arab, modern sociology school in the mid-20th century. Al-Wardi’s works theorised the psychological, cultural, and material...
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Tishreen Feminist Artivism: Iraqi woman beyond sectarian identity
One of the singularities of women’s contribution in the Tishreen movement was its spontaneous and organic sentiments that took women’s activism beyond the NGO, and SCO’s mainstream. The multiscalar involvement of women in Tishreen showed a unique modus...
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Social Theory: Edward Saïd
In order to wage our struggle [“against the whole system of confinement, dispossession, exploitation and oppression that still holds us down”], we must first feel our chains, then we must understand them, then we must break them. And we...
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Social Theory: Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe
By Betul Dogan-Akkas (PhD Candidate Gulf Studies Joint Degree PhD Program Durham University SGIA & Qatar University Gulf Studies Centre)
Argentine political philosopher Ernesto Laclau was renowned for his ideas about hegemony...
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Social Theory: Ali Shariati
Ali Shariati is often cited as one of the key ‘ideologues’ behind Iran’s revolution, despite not living to see its success in overthrowing the Shah in 1979. The social and political thought of Shariati was highly influential amongst segments of...
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