Joy Samad
Biographic Data
| ID | 4125047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joy Samad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joy |
| FAMILY NAME | Samad |
| SIGNATURE | SAMAD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Makers of the Modern Middle East
Egypt on the Brink
Tarek Osman, New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2010, 282 pp. Alaa Al Aswany, Edinburgh, Canongate, 2011, 192 pp. The two books under consideration, Tarek Osman's Egypt on the Brink: From N
Socrates’ Pragma and Socrates’ Toughness
The translation of Apology 30b 2–4 has long been controversial. The standard translation of this sentence reveals a Socrates who wants to highlight a problem about virtue by making an extremely optimistic statement about it; the alternative translation supported by Myles Burnyeat and Christopher Rowe (on philosophical grounds) would suppress the problem by appearing to resolve it. A detailed examination of Socrates’ speech at 28b–31c, defending t…
John Locke and Muslim Liberalism
The Past and Future of Islamic Constitutional Law
According to Noah Feldman, if there is “a single characteristic feature” of most of the Muslim majority states that arose after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the retreat of European colonialism, “it is undoubtedly an unchecked executive dominating the rest of the government and, through it, society itself” (Feldman, p. 58). Mohammad Hashim Kamali similarly argues that the “main realm of abuse in many contemporary Muslim countries” consis…
Is Greed Good
The Hipparchus features a conversation between Socrates and an un-named companion, at an unknown time and place, about gain (or profit) and whether we should in any way limit our pursuit of gain. Socrates argues intransigently that we should not place any limits on our pursuit of gain, while the companion, despite being unable to counter his arguments, is equally firm in his rejection of Socrates’ moral position. The dialogue thus shows the stren…
Is Greed Good
The Hipparchus features a conversation between Socrates and an un-named companion, at an unknown time and place, about gain (or profit) and whether we should in any way limit our pursuit of gain. Socrates argues intransigently that we should not place any limits on our pursuit of gain, while the companion, despite being unable to counter his arguments, is equally firm in his rejection of Socrates’ moral position. The dialogue thus shows the stren…
Is Greed Good
The Hipparchus features a conversation between Socrates and an un-named companion, at an unknown time and place, about gain (or profit) and whether we should in any way limit our pursuit of gain. Socrates argues intransigently that we should not place any limits on our pursuit of gain, while the companion, despite being unable to counter his arguments, is equally firm in his rejection of Socrates’ moral position. The dialogue thus shows the stren…
Egypt on the Brink
Tarek Osman, New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2010, 282 pp. Alaa Al Aswany, Edinburgh, Canongate, 2011, 192 pp. The two books under consideration, Tarek Osman's Egypt on the Brink: From N
Socrates’ Pragma and Socrates’ Toughness
The translation of Apology 30b 2–4 has long been controversial. The standard translation of this sentence reveals a Socrates who wants to highlight a problem about virtue by making an extremely optimistic statement about it; the alternative translation supported by Myles Burnyeat and Christopher Rowe (on philosophical grounds) would suppress the problem by appearing to resolve it. A detailed examination of Socrates’ speech at 28b–31c, defending t…
John Locke and Muslim Liberalism
The Past and Future of Islamic Constitutional Law
According to Noah Feldman, if there is “a single characteristic feature” of most of the Muslim majority states that arose after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the retreat of European colonialism, “it is undoubtedly an unchecked executive dominating the rest of the government and, through it, society itself” (Feldman, p. 58). Mohammad Hashim Kamali similarly argues that the “main realm of abuse in many contemporary Muslim countries” consis…
The Makers of the Modern Middle East
Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)