Category Archives: Comparative Political Theory

New Book: Inherited Responsibility and Historical Reconciliation in East Asia

The edited collection, Inherited Responsibility and Historical Reconciliation in East Asia, has just been published by Routledge. See the Routledge website for a description and the Table of Contents. This is the first volume in a new series, Political Theories in East Asian Context, edited by Jun-Hyeok Kwak of Soongsil University (www.junhyeokkwak.net). Here is a description of the series:

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Job in Comparative Political Theory

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences has rolled out a new undergraduate degree programme in Public Policy and Global Affairs (PPGA). The first-of-its kind in Singapore, the programme offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that combines politics and international relations, public policy, and public administration.

We are currently having a couple of openings for the position of Assistant Professor in our newly established programme, but they can be appointed at the associate professor level. For more information on these positions, see below or please click here.

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Review of Angle, Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy

NDRP has published a review by BAI Tongdong of Fudan University of my recent book, Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy: Towards Progressive Confucianism (Polity, 2012). Many thanks to Tongdong for this generous review!

I’d like to take this opportunity to respond very briefly to a couple of the things that Tongdong says in his review. He feels that both Mou Zongsan and I, in our related but separate ways, have left largely unaddressed the question: “can Confucianism make any constructive and systematic contributions to fundamental issues in political philosophy other than being only a “cheerleader” (a sincere one, as Angle tries to show) of liberal democracy?” This is related to some of the other critical remarks he raises late in the review, including the suggestion that in my chapter on human rights, I rest content with the current “responsibility to protect” doctrine, and also Tongdong’s questions about how “Confucian” Progressive Confucianism is.

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Summer Study on (Comparative) Political Theory

This is a call for applications to the Summer University course on “Religion & Realism in Political Thought”, which will take place at Central European University, Budapest in July 2013. The course targets doctoral students, post-docs, and junior faculty. Candidates with Comparative Political Theory research topics are strongly encouraged to apply. Information is available at http://www.summer.ceu.hu/religion-2013, including information on financial support. Application deadline: 15 February, 2013.

Angle’s Review of Fred Dallmayr and ZHAO Tingyang, eds. Contemporary Chinese Political Thought

A month ago I noted that Sungmoon Kim’s review of Fred Dallmayr and ZHAO Tingyang, eds. Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives had been published at NDPR. My own review for Dao of the same book has now been published on-line first, and should be accessible to those with institutional access to Dao. I’ll paste the first couple paragraphs, as well as the penultimate paragraph (which makes a fairly self-standing point), below.

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Review of Book on Contemporary Chinese Political Thought

Sungmoon Kim (City University of Hong Kong)’s thought-provoking review of Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang (eds.), Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives, has just been published at NDPR. Kim focuses primarily on the book’s chapters on contemporary Confucianism by Chen Ming, He Baogang, and Ni Peimin, plus paying some significant attention to Jiwei Ci’s chapter, “The Dialectic of the Chinese Revolution Revisited.” By focusing his attention in this way, Kim is able to make some novel and stimulating points: this is no mere summary of the book. Comments welcome!

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