The latest issue of Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy has been published. See here and below.
Author Archives: Steve Angle
Wong reviews Kim, The Art of Seeing Beyond Oneself
Doil Kim, The Art of Seeing Beyond Oneself: A Confucian Perspective on Humility, Oxford University Press, 2025, 184pp., $99.00 (hbk) ISBN 9780197834213.
Reviewed by David B. Wong, Duke University
Doil Kim identifies Confucian humility as a form of “self-lowering”. Other forms under this capacious heading have been criticized as prescribing self-effacement or self-sacrifice. Failure to distinguish Confucian humility from such other forms has resulted in confusion and unclarity as to what humility is, and most importantly, has obscured how Confucian humility can play a constructive role in shaping personhood in the sense of a “good and ethically formed human being” (1). Kim’s aim is to make the case for Confucian humility, based on a textual analysis of early Confucian and medieval Neo-Confucian texts, followed by a discussion of how…
New Book: Xiang and Powers, eds., How China Shaped the Enlightenment
How China Shaped the Enlightenment: A Transcultural History of Modern Thought, Edited By Shuchen Xiang, Martin Powers, has been published by Routledge. See here and below.
Concerns about the Journal of Daoist Studies
It has been brought to my attention that the Journal of Daoist Studies seems to have been hijacked. The journal published legitimate Daoism research up to and including the beginning of this year, but since then it has published hundreds of articles unrelated to Daoism. The journal homepage still claims that it is published out of University of Hawaii Press and links to the volumes that contain legitimate articles. But visiting the archive reveals the irrelevant articles:
https://journalofdaoiststudies.org/index.php/journal/issue/archive
If anyone has insight into this situation, please share!
ISCP 2027 Charles Fu Foundation Essay Contest
Please see this document for information about the ISCP 2027 Charles Fu Foundation Essay Contest.
CFP: ACPA Panels at 2027 Pacific APA
The ACPA (Association of Chinese Philosophers in America) is calling for abstract submissions for the Pacific APA in Portland, Oregon, which will take place March 24–27, 2027. We will select among submissions to create panels for the group sessions. The submission deadline is October 1, 2026. You may find more information and submit an abstract here (link requires Google sign-in):https://forms.gle/6FttqWqWQefJ2uDh6
Symposium on Beaney, The Joy of Chinese Philosophy
A symposium on Michael Beaney’s book The Joy of Chinese Philosophy (see here) has been published in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy:
Fenrong Liu and Weijun Yu: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2026.2671133
He Haoping: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2026.2681888
Joachim Gentz: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2026.2681887
Beaney’s response: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2026.2680958
ToC: Asian Philosophy 36:3 (2026)
The latest issue of Asian Philosophy has been published, with six new research articles; see here and below.
New Article: Angle, Confucian Nei-Wai Citizenship
I’m happy to announce that my essay “Confucian Nei-Wai Citizenship” has ben published open-access in the Journal of International Political Theory. Comments welcome!
CFP: 25th ISCP Conference
On behalf of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) and the Department of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), we are pleased to invite submissions for the 25th International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP), to be held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong on June 22-25, 2027.
