<i><b>Philosphical Argument with a Friend about Ad hominem and Frankfurt School<br>
Hasan Yahya, Ph.D</i><br>
The  message from a friend says:
<i>“ I don’t know anything about your “crecentolgy” theory, but it seems to focused on conflict management – the need for compromise is certainly intrinsic to this. However, the search for truth is not the same as the [...]

Rational Thinking in Research
Hasan Yahya, Ph.D
People involved in research are humankind like you and me. They learn and accumulate our knowledge base, true or not, through logic and wisdom or experience in our life-time. Such knowledge, is accumulated through the interpretation of our observations. Or what we call it our perceptions. Through these perceptions, we [...]

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds
Recently, the Middle East, especially Arab countries where concentrated in the news when it comes to conflict and terrorism? Is it because the Arab world is experiencing the highest rates of religious, sectarian and social violence? Or is it because it is changing to a regressive social change, in terms of human [...]

Hasan A. Yahya, a Professor of Sociology
This analysis is a response to the news about Nidal Malik Hasan, according to authorities, a 39-year-old military psychiatrist, went on the shooting rampage at Ft. Hood that left 13 people dead and at least 38 wounded before he was shot by two civilian police officers and remains hospitalized [...]

Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of Philosophy I received this question from Stephen Fernandes, 29 years old, asked: Do you think God wanted the Earth and all humans men and women to live peacefully in His original plan? You find here my [...]

Challenges Facing American Muslim Women By Samer Hathout
Posted by Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of SociologyIt is rarely you find a balanced article deals with Muslim women in USA in terms of race relation or assimilation theories, however, I wrote several articles about women on articlesbase, to show marriage patterns, honor-killing, polygamy and poliginy and the [...]

 Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of Philosophy
Working on Crescentologism as a philosophical research approach,  Maxim Rodinson critics of Said Orientalism, makes me respond in this article. It is too late now,  but necessary, after both had died in sequent years 2003 and 2004.  Maxime Rodinson, in his thoughts on the future of researches in Islam, advises [...]

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds
What social aspects are parts of a war system and what aspects contribute to peace?  Four concepts are the answers for these questions, they are: the idea of nationalism and patriotism, the military-industrial complex,  the idea of domination (feeling of superiority) and cultural promotion in isolation. 
Nationalism and Patriotism: In the past few [...]

From health care reform to global warming legislation, change that will affect us and future generations is happening now. If you feel passionate about these issues and want to get involved on a daily basis, why not make a career out of it by becoming a government policymaker? Here’s how:
Step 1: Earn a Bachelor’s Degree
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Are you Terrorist? Professor!
Hasan Yahya
After September 11, 2001, I was teaching sociology 333 on Race Relations,  at the University for undergraduate students. In my first lecture on the subject, many students looked at me strangely after announcing my name by writing on the green board. My name was different, my skin too, and worse, my language [...]