Papers by Majid K Sharifi
Societies Without Borders, 2013
Our central argument is that the hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance is reinforcing the unde... more Our central argument is that the hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance is reinforcing the underlying hegemonic story of neoliberalism. It is hard to dispute that the most popular brand of nonviolence, articulated by Gene Sharp and his followers, has helped people overthrow authoritarian regimes across the globe. Yet Sharp’s nonviolence also promotes the spread of neoliberal freedom and democracy, which cause multiple forms of visible and invisible violence. This article’s first section examines significant details in Sharp’s hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance and problematizes its limited understanding of violence. The following section relates Sharp’s approach to Iran’s Green Movement and Egypt’s Revolution. It shows how strategic nonviolence enabled these social movements, but also pushed them toward neoliberalism. The final section returns to the ideas and practices of Gandhi for a counter-hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance as well as freedom and democracy. We conc...
Frantz Fanon and Emancipatory Social Theory, 2019
The vast majority of political scientists, sociologists, and philosophers continue to label Frant... more The vast majority of political scientists, sociologists, and philosophers continue to label Frantz Fanon as an apostle of violence. In the process, they deny his deep commitment to revolutionary humanism and mutual recognition among colonizer and colonized. This chapter argues that Fanon is highly relevant for understanding and confronting colonial violence in the contemporary world-system. It starts by discussing Fanon's analysis of total violence in colonial contexts, before considering his original approach to decolonizing counter-violence. Then it examines Fanon's concept of new humanism and illustrates the latter's significance. We propose that "stretching Fanon" allows us to make sense of how today's wretched of the earth struggle against and beyond conditions of colonial annihilation.
Insecurity Communities of South Asia and the Middle East, 2020
Choice Reviews Online, 2014
Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 2020
Societies Without Borders
Abstract Our central argument is that the hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance is reinforcing... more Abstract Our central argument is that the hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance is reinforcing the underlying hegemonic story of neoliberalism. It is hard to dispute that the most popular brand of nonviolence, articulated by Gene Sharp and his followers, has helped people overthrow authoritarian regimes across the globe. Yet Sharp’s nonviolence also promotes the spread of neoliberal freedom and democracy, which cause multiple forms of visible and invisible violence. This article’s first section examines significant details in Sharp’s hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance and problematizes its limited understanding of violence. The following section relates Sharp’s approach to Iran’s Green Movement and Egypt’s Revolution. It shows how strategic nonviolence enabled these social movements, but also pushed them toward neoliberalism. The final section returns to the ideas and practices of Gandhi for a counter-hegemonic story of nonviolent resistance as well as freedom and democracy...
With the exception of ayn ,)ﻉ( which is shown with the sign ('), I have dispensed with all diac... more With the exception of ayn ,)ﻉ( which is shown with the sign ('), I have dispensed with all diacritical marks for Persian and Arabic terms. For hamzai ,)ﺀ( I have used the letter (a) throughout. For the letter ,)ﻕ( I have used (Q); for the letter ,)ﻍ( I have also used the letter (Q), except when quoting if different. Instead of Arabic spellings, or traditional Persian translation, I have used contemporary/popular spellings and translations except when I have quoted works of other authors. Because of that, there are some inconsistencies between the text and endnotes, as well as some inconsistencies in transliteration of names, which I have not been able to avoid. Except when cited, all translations from Persian are mine.
... Majid Sharifi August 2008 ... Qajar dynasty, depending on Mohamad Reza Shah'... more ... Majid Sharifi August 2008 ... Qajar dynasty, depending on Mohamad Reza Shah's mood of the day, they were dismissed, ... modernity in Iran, which is presumably caused by its historical conditions. Another eminent Iranian scholar is Kazem Alamdari, whose book Why Iran Lagged ...
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