Political Science Faculty

David M. DiPasquale

Associate Professor of the Practice

Director of John Marshall Project

Associate Director and Director of Graduate Studies, Islamic Civilization and Societies Program.

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David M. DiPasquale

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall Room 529

Telephone: 617-552-1077

Email: dipasqud@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Kenyon College
  • M.A., Boston College
  • A.M., Harvard University
  • Ph.D., Harvard University

Courses

Introduction to Islamic Law

Philosophies of Plato and Aristotle
Medieval Jewish and Christian Political Philosophy

Fundamentals of Politics听
Thesis Seminar
Introduction to Modern Politics听
Islam and Liberal Democracy
Islamic Political Philosophy
Political Philosophy of Alfarabi
The Architecture of Power
Islamic Civilization听

Research Interests

Medieval and Modern Islamic Political Thought; Political Philosophy of Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes; Transmission of Greek Science to the Muslim World; Islam and the West

Office Hours

T TH 3:00-4:00 pm

Curriculum Vitae

Profile

David M. DiPasquale studies the intersection between Islamic law and political thought in pre-modern and contemporary contexts; the transmission and recovery of Greek science by Arabic-speaking Muslims in the Middle Ages; and the political philosophy of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes. In addition, he is interested in the relation between Islam and the West. 听Under contract with Cambridge University Press is his book Alfarabi鈥檚 Book of Dialectic (Kitab al-Jadal): On the Starting Point of Islamic Philosophy, which includes the first English translation of the full Arabic text.听 He has taught many courses, including Introduction to Islamic Civilization; Islamic Political Philosophy; Islam and Liberal Democracy; and the Political Philosophy of Alfarabi.

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Selected Publications

Books

Alfarabi鈥檚 Book of Dialectic (Kitab al-Jadal): On the Starting Point of Islamic Philosophy. Including the first English translation of the full Arabic text. Cambridge University Press, December 2019.

Articles

鈥淎verroes鈥� Decisive Treatise and the Apology of Philosophy in Muslim Spain.鈥� A 鈥渞evise and resubmit鈥� request from The Review of Politics. 2017.

鈥淐harles Butterworth on the Political Significance of Averroes鈥� Rhetoric.鈥� Manuscript completed. To be included in Festschrift in honor of Charles E. Butterworth. 2016.

鈥淎verroes.鈥� For The Encyclopedia of Political Thought (ed. Michael T. Gibbons [Wiley-Blackwell]: 2015).

鈥淭he End of Aristotle鈥檚 Topics and the Beginning of Islamic Philosophy.鈥� In La lumi猫re de l鈥檌ntellect: La pens茅e scientifique et philosophique d鈥橝verro猫s dans son temps (ed. A. Hasnawi [Peeters (Belgium)]: 2011).

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