Niyousha Bastani
Biographic Data
| ID | 377570 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niyousha Bastani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niyousha |
| FAMILY NAME | Bastani |
| SIGNATURE | BASTANI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4121-7404 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Counter-Extremism and 'Critical Thinking' as a Measure of the Human
Educational approaches to counter-extremism are proliferating globally, claiming to foster 'critical thinking' amongst those deemed vulnerable to extremism. These projects 'make sense' through two mutually-reinforcing discourses: a psychological discourse that adjudicates the moral value of different ways of thinking through scientific measures; and an ethical discourse of liberal education that idealizes critical thinking as essential to human d…
Stories of world Politics
Still a bit uncomfortable, to be an arm of the state”
Countering violent extremism (CVE) policies infiltrate every corner of public life, travelling across the Global North and South. However, scholars have under-analysed the perspective of those charged with CVE’s implementation, and have treated CVE in a spatial binary, implying that its operationalisations in the Global North and South are conceptually distinct. This article presents a comparative political ethnography of CVE projects framed as c…
Over-representing Whiteness
Stories of world Politics
Still a bit uncomfortable, to be an arm of the state”
Countering violent extremism (CVE) policies infiltrate every corner of public life, travelling across the Global North and South. However, scholars have under-analysed the perspective of those charged with CVE’s implementation, and have treated CVE in a spatial binary, implying that its operationalisations in the Global North and South are conceptually distinct. This article presents a comparative political ethnography of CVE projects framed as c…
Over-representing Whiteness
Still a bit uncomfortable, to be an arm of the state”
Countering violent extremism (CVE) policies infiltrate every corner of public life, travelling across the Global North and South. However, scholars have under-analysed the perspective of those charged with CVE’s implementation, and have treated CVE in a spatial binary, implying that its operationalisations in the Global North and South are conceptually distinct. This article presents a comparative political ethnography of CVE projects framed as c…
Stories of world Politics
Counter-Extremism and 'Critical Thinking' as a Measure of the Human
Educational approaches to counter-extremism are proliferating globally, claiming to foster 'critical thinking' amongst those deemed vulnerable to extremism. These projects 'make sense' through two mutually-reinforcing discourses: a psychological discourse that adjudicates the moral value of different ways of thinking through scientific measures; and an ethical discourse of liberal education that idealizes critical thinking as essential to human d…
Sociology (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Art (1 work)