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Publications Top
(updated Jul 2012)
Authored Book:
Confucian Democracy – A Deweyan Reconstruction of Confucianism. State University of New York Press, 2004. (Being translated into Chinese, to be published by Renmin University Press.)
Edited Book:
Challenging Citizenship: Group Membership and Cultural Identity in a Global Age, ed. Sor-hoon Tan, Ashgate, 2005.
Co-edited Books:
1. Democracy as Culture: Deweyan Pragmatism in a Globalizing World, eds. Sor-hoon Tan and John Whalen-Bridge, State University of New York Press, 2008.
2. Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History, eds. Alan K.L. Chan and Sor-hoon Tan, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
3. The Moral Circle and the Self: Chinese and Western Perspectives, eds. C.L. Ten, Kim-Chong Chong and Sor-hoon Tan. Open Court, 2003.
Book Chapters:
1. “Limiting Confucian Meritocracy,” in Resolution of Conflict in Korea, East Asia and Beyond: Humanistic Approach, ed. Center for International Affairs. Seoul: Academy of Korean Studies Press, 2012.
2. “Alan in Singapore: Reflections on Translations of Identity,” in Life and Philosophy: Essays to Honor Alan Montefiore on his 85th Birthday, eds. Catherine Audard-Montefiore, Nicholas Bunnin, Paul Flather, Maurice Fraser, and Steven Lukes. Oxford: FEP Publishers, 2011.
3. “Confucianism and Democracy” in Confucianism in Context?, ed. Lea Kalmanson and Wongsuk Chang. State University of New York Press, 2010.
4. “Secular Religiosity in Chinese Politics: A Confucian Perspective,” in State and Secularism, eds. C.L. Ten and Michael S.K Heng. Singapore: World Scientific, 2010.
5. “Confucian Response to Rorty’s Postmodern Bourgeois Liberal Idea of Community,” in Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism, ed. Huang Yong, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009.
6. “Modern Neo-Confucian Philosophy,” in History of Chinese Philosophy, ed. Bo Mou. Abingdon: Routledge, 2009.
7. “Reconstructing ‘Culture’: A Deweyan Response to Anti-Democratic Culturalism,” in Democracy as Culture: Deweyan Pragmatism in a Globalizing World, eds. Sor-hoon Tan and John Whalen-Bridge, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008.
8. “Modernizing Confucianism and New Confucianism,” in Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture, ed. Kam Louie. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
9. “Democracy and Science in Education: Lacuna in China’s Modernization,” in Educations and Their Purposes: a Philosophical Dialogue among Cultures, eds. Roger T. Ames and Peter Hershock, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008.
10. “Three Corners for One: Creativity and Tradition in the Analects,” in Confucius Now: Contemporary Encounters with the Analects, ed. David Jones, La Salle: Open Court, 2008.
11. “Cultural Crossings: Toward a Confucian Ethics of Communicative Virtues,” in Comparative Ethics in a Global Age, ed. Marietta T. Stepanyants, Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Value and Philosophy, 2008. (First published as journal article, and translated into Russian.)
12. “Pragmatic Lessons in Times of Terror,” in Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror, ed. Doug Allen, Lexington Books, 2006.
13. “Women’s Virtues and the Analects,” in Conceptions of Virtues East and West, eds. Kim-Chong Chong and Yu-li Liu, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2006.
14. “Democracy as Communities of Friends,” in Metaphilosophy and Chinese Thought: Interpreting David Hall, eds. Henry Rosemont, Jr. and Ewing Chinn, New York: Global Scholarly Publications, 2005.
15. “Exemplary World Citizens as Civilized Local Communicators: Politics and Culture in the Global Aspirations of Confucianism,” in Challenging Citizenship: Group Membership and Cultural Identity in a Global Age, ed. Sor-hoon Tan, Ashgate, 2005.
16. “China’s Pragmatist Experiment: Hu Shih’s Pragmatism and Dewey’s Influence in China,” in The Range of Pragmatism and the Limits of Philosophy, ed. Richard Shusterman, Blackwells, 2004. (First published as journal article.)
17. “Filial Daughters-in-law: Questioning Confucian Filiality,” in Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History, eds. Alan K.L. Chan and Sor-hoon Tan, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
18. “Can there be a Confucian Civil Society?” in The Moral Circle and the Self: Chinese and Western Perspectives, eds. C.L. Ten, Kim-Chong Chong and Sor-hoon Tan. Open Court, 2003.
19. “Between Family and State: Relational Tensions in Confucian Ethics,” in Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations, ed. Alan Chan. Honolulu: Hawaii University Press, 2002.
Journal Articles:
1. “Democracy in Confucianism,” Philosophy Compass, vol. 7, no. 5 (2012).
2. “Does Xunzi’s Ethics of Ritual Need a Metaphysics?” Sophia: Journal of Philosophical Theology and Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion, vol. 51, no. 2 (2012).
3. “How Can a Chinese Democracy be Pragmatic?” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, vol. 47, no. 2 (2011).
4. “Why Study the Chinese Classics and how to go about it?” Journal of Curriculum Studies, vol. 43, issue 5 (2011), invited contribution to Symposium.
5. “The Dao of Politics: Rites and Laws as Pragmatic Tools of Government,” Philosophy East and West, vol. 61, no. 3 (Jul 2011).
6. “Our Country Right or Wrong: A Pragmatic Response to Anti-democratic Cultural Nationalism in China,” Contemporary Pragmatism, vol. 7, no. 2 (Dec 2010): 45-69.
7. “Authoritative Master Kong in an Authoritarian Age,” DAO: A Journal in Comparative Philosophy, vol. IX, no. 2 (Jun 2010): 137-49. (To be translated into Italian.)
8. “Beyond Elitism: Community Ideal for a Modern East Asia,” Philosophy East and West, vol. 59, no. 4 (Oct 2009): 537-53. (Translated into Chinese)
9. “Confucian Democracy as Pragmatic Experiment: Uniting Love of Learning and Love of Antiquity,” Asian Philosophy, vol. 17, no. 2 (Jul 2007): 141-166.
10. “Cultural Crossings against Ethnocentric Currents: Toward a Confucian Ethics of Communicative Virtues,” International Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4 (Dec 2005): 433-45. (Also published as book chapter and translated into Russian)
11. “Imagining Confucius: Paradigmatic Character and Virtue Ethics,” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, vol. 32, no. 3 (Sep 2005): 409-26.
12. “China’s Pragmatist Experiment: Hu Shih’s Pragmatism and Dewey’s Influence in China,” in special issue on “The Range of Pragmatism and the Limits of Philosophy,” ed. Richard Shusterman, Metaphilosophy, vol. 35, nos. 1-2 (Jan 2004): 44-64. (Also published as book chapter)
13. “From Cannibalism to Empowerment: An Analects-inspired Attempt to balance Community and Liberty,” Philosophy East and West, vol. 54, no. 1 (Jan 2004): 52-70. (Translated into Chinese)
14. “Political Implications of Confucian Familism,” Asian Philosophy, vol. 13, no. 2/3 (Dec 2003): 45-60. (co-authored with Antonio Rappa.)
15. “Is Public Space Suited to Cooperative Inquiry?” Innovation: European Journal of Social Science Research, vol. 15, no. 1 (2002): 23-31.
16. “Mentors or Friends: Aristotle and Confucius on Equality and Ethical Development in Friendship,” International Studies in Philosophy, vol. 33, no. 4 (2001): 99-121.
17. “Experience as Art,” Asian Philosophy, vol. 9, no. 2 (Jul 1999): 107-122.
18. “Paternalism: A Deweyan Perspective,” Journal of Speculative Philosophy, vol.13, no. 1 (1999): 56-70.
Encyclopedia entries:
1. “May Fourth Movement,” (600 words invited entry) in Encyclopedia of Political Theory. Sage, 2010.
2. “Confucianism and Government” (2000 words), “Confucian Politics” (2000 words) and “Venerating only Confucian Arts (Duzun Rushu)” (250 words), invited entries in The Encyclopedia of Confucianism, ed. Yao Xinzhong, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Book Reviews:
1. Book review of Ritual and Deference, by Robert C. Neville, accepted by Philosophy East and West, vol. 62, no.1 (2012).
2. Review of Polishing the Chinese Mirror, eds. Marthe Chandler and Ronnie Littlejohn, Philosophy East and West, vol. 61, no. 1 (2011): 237-40.
3. Review of Beyond Liberal Democracy, by Daniel A. Bell, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, vol. 38, no. 1 (2011): 181-85.
4. Review of New Explorations of Public and Private Spheres: Comparison of East Asian and Western View Points (Gongsi Linyu Xintan:Dongya yu Xifang Guandian zhi Bijiao), eds. Huang Junjie and Jiang Yihua, DAO, vol. 8, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 221-24.
5. Review of Confucian Political Ethics, ed. Danial A. Bell, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, vol. 36, no. 1 (2009): 177-80.
6. Review of A Cloud Across the Pacific, by Thomas Metzger, Philosophy East and West, vol. 58, no. 3 (Jul 2008): 420-24.
7. Review of Lost Soul, by John Makeham, China Review International, vol. 15, no. 4 (2008): 576-82.
8. Review of Culture of Authority, eds. Peter Hershock and Roger Ames, China Review International, vol. 14, no. 2 (Fall 2007): 465-69.
9. Review of Relativism and Beyond, eds. Yoav Ariel, Shlomo Biderman, and Ornan Rotem, Philosophy East and West, vol. 57, no. 4 (Dec 2007): 603-607.
10. Review of Learning from Chinese Philosophies, by Karyn Lai, Sophia, vol. 46, no. 1 (May 2007): 99-102.
11. Review of A Chinese Ethics for the New Century, by Donald Munro, China Review International, vol. 13, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 240-45.
12. Review of Unity of Knowledge and Action: toward a nonrepresentational theory of knowledge, by Warren Frisina, Journal of American Academy of Religion, vol. 73, no. 4 (Winter 2005): 1206-1208.
13. Review of New Confucianism: a critical examination, ed. John Makeham, Sophia, vol. 44, no. 2 (Oct 2005): 81-84.
14. “Of Diversities and Comparisons,” Feature Review of Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy, ed. A. S. Cua, Philosophy East and West, vol. 55, no. 1 (Jan 2005): 111-23.
15. Review of May Fourth World of Thought (Wusi de sixiang shijie), by Gao Like, DAO: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, vol. 4, no.1 (Winter 2004): 171-73.
16. Review of Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu, trans. G.A. Giles, introduced by Lionel Giles (re-issued), Transcendental Philosophy, vol. 3, no. 1 (March 2002): 108-12.
17. Comparative Review of Tu Wei-ming’s Humanity and Self-Cultivation (re-issued) and Robert C. Neville’s Boston Confucianism, China Review International, vol. 8, no. 2 (Fall 2001): 524-32.
18. Review of Robert Weatherley’s The Human Rights Discourse in China, China Review International, vol. 7, no. 2 (Fall 2000): 559-64.
19. Review of Wm. Theodore de Bary’s Asian Values and Human Rights, China Review International, vol. 6, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 421-26.
20. Review of Kwong-loi Shun’s Mencius and Early Chinese Thought, China Review International, vol. 5, no. 2 (Fall 1998): 545-49.
21. Feature review of Julia Ching’s Mysticism and Kingship in China, China Review International, vol. 5, no. 2 (Fall 1998): 307-11.
Other Publications:
1. Updates/revisions of chapter 3 (Chinese Philosophies) and part of chapter 14 (China, Japan and Korea in Modern Times), World Philosophies, by Ninian Smart. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Translations of published works:
1. (Russian) “Cultural Crossings Against Ethnocentric Currents: Towards a Confucian Ethics of Communicative Virtues,” in Comparative Ethics in a Global Age, ed. Marietta Stepanyants (Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, Russian Academy of Social Sciences), pp. 121-134.
2. (Chinese) “Beyond Elitism: Community Ideal for a Modern East Asia,” in Zhongwai renwen jingshen yanjiu (Studies in Chinese and Western Humanisms), vol. 3, ed. Du Liyan, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing: Chinese Encyclopedia Press, 2009), pp.173-185.
3. (Chinese) “From Cannibalism to Empowerment: An Analects-inspired Attempt to balance Community and Liberty,” in Rujia Chuantong yu daode zhexue (Confucian Tradition and Moral Philosophy), ed. Fang Xudong (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2011).
4. (Chinese) “Why Confucian Democracy?” in Zhongwai renwen jingshen yanjiu (Studies in Chinese and Western Humanisms), vol. 4, ed. Du Liyan, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing: Chinese Encyclopedia Press, 2011), pp.273-88.
CONFERENCES:
1. “Debate on Science and Metaphysics in 1920s China,” ISCWP Tenth Anniversary Panel, American Philosophical Association 2012 Meeting, 4-7 April 2012, Seattle, USA.
2. “Does Xunzi’s Ethics of Ritual Need a Metaphysics?” 1st International Symposium on Chinese Culture and Religious Concord, 16-19 Dec 2011, Taichung.
3. “Confucian Limits to Meritocracy,” Academy of Korean Studies Global Forum on Civilization and Peace, 10-11 Oct 2011, Seoul.
4. “Pragmatic Tradition as Innovation,” invited paper for 1st Exchange Forum, organized by Wesleyan University’s Center for East Asian Studies, the Social Sciences in China Press (a division of the Chinese National Academy of the Social Sciences), and the journal History and Theory, 27-28 Oct 2011, Beijing.
5. “Studying Without Thought of Salary,” Mini-conference commemorating Joel Kupperman’s 50th Anniversary of Teaching, 10th East West Philosophers Conference, 16-24 May 2011.
6. “Wisdom-Knowledge in Good Government,” invited Keynote address, Uehiro Graduate Conference, 16 - 18 Mar 2011, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, United States.
7. “Confucian Resources for Experimentation in Deliberative Democracy,” International Workshop on “Cultural Sources of Deliberative Politics in East Asia,” 1 - 2 May 2010, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
8. “How Can A Chinese Democracy Be Pragmatic,” American Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, 27 - 31 Dec 2009, New York City, United States.
9. “Confucian Cultures: between Distinctive ‘Chineseness’ and Cosmpolitan Aspirations,” International Workshop on “Pathways to Cosmopolitanism: 24 - 26 Jun 2009, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
10. “Mistaking Pragmatic Spirituality: Neo-Confucian Concept of Immanent Transcendence,” Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, invited Plenary paper, 14 - 17 Jun 2009, Monterey, United States.
11. “Tang Junyi and the Spiritual Value of Chinese Culture,” Tang Junyi memorial international Conference, 19 - 21 May 2009, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
12. “Why Confucian Democracy,” International Workshop on “Varieties of Democracy” invited paper, 1 - 2 May 2009, Wesleyan University, United States.
13. “Secular Religiosity in Chinese Politics: A Confucian Perspective,” International Conference on “State and Secularism,” 17 - 18 Dec 2008, Asia Europe Foundation, Singapore.
14. “Value of Equality in Confucianism: Meeting Dworkin Half Way,” 23 Sep 2008, Philosophy Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
15. “Beyond Elitism,” World Congress of Philosophy, 30 Jul - 5 Aug 2008, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
16. “Towards a Pragmatic Comparative Philosophy,” World Congress of Philosophy, 30 Jul - 5 Aug 2008, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
17. “Global Inequalities and Confucian Democracy,” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, 8 - 11 Jun 2008, Monterey, United States.
18. “Philosophical Perspectives on Cosmopolitanism, Locales, and Cultures,” Workshop on “City Scales and Cosmopolitan Cultures,” 12 - 14 May 2008, NUS, Singapore.
19. “Multiculturalism, Identity and Citizenship,” Institute of Policy Studies: Singapore Perspectives, 1 Feb 2008, Singapore.
20. “Mou Zongsan’s Intuitionism and the Limits of Modern Neo-Confucianism’s Rapprochement with Science,” International Conference on “Chinese Philosophy and Moral Psychology,” 17 - 18 Dec 2007, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
21. “The Future of Comparative Philosophy and SACP,” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, invited Plenary paper, 10 - 13 Jun 2007, Monterey, United States.
22. “Liang Shuming on Chinese and Western Cultures and their Philosophies: Some Methodological Questions in Comparative Philosophy,” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, 10 - 13 Jun 2007, Monterey, United States.
23. “Dewey and Chinese Democracy: Past, Present and Future,” International Conference on “John Dewey: Reconstructing Democracy,” invited paper, 23 - 26 May 2007, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy.
24. “Confucianism and the State: China and Singapore,” Workshop on “Religion and State in Asia,” 8 May 2007, NUS, Singapore.
25. “Are Chinese Pragmatists Iconoclasts: Pragmatic Method in the Encounter of Tradition and Modernization,” Society for Advancement of American Philosophy Annual Meeting, 8 - 10 Mar 2007, South Carolina, United States.
26. “Reconstructing ‘Culture’: A Deweyan Response to Anti-Democratic Culturalism,” International Workshop on “Democracy as Art, Belief, and Culture: Dewey in Our Time,” 1 - 2 Sep 2006, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
27. “Is Hu Shih's liberalism iconoclastic?” American Political Association Annual Meeting, 1 - 4 Sep 2005, Washington D.C., United States.
28. “Hu Shih’s ‘Complete Westernization’ Solution to China’s Problems,” Centennial Conference on “Asian Horizons: Cities, States, and Societies,” 1 - 3 Aug 2005, Singapore.
29. “Democracy and Science in Education: Lacuna in China's Modernization,” 9th East West Philosophers Conference, 29 May - 10 Jun 2005, East West Center, Honolulu, United States.
30. “Chinese Culture, Confucian Culture: Do they Matter in Singapore?” Workshop on Singapore Culture, 25 - 26 Nov 2004, NUS, Singapore.
31. “Rituals and Laws as Tools of Governance: A Deweyan-Confucian Inquiry,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2 - 5 Sep 2004, Chicago, United States.
32. “A Confucian Response to Rorty’s Postmodern Bourgeois Liberal Idea of Community,” invited paper, International Symposium on “Rorty, Pragmatism and Chinese Philosophy,” 17 - 18 Jul 2004, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
33. “Problematic Publics: Hu Shih’s Political Thought during the 1920s,” First Congress of Asian Political and International Studies Association: Asia in a New Millennium – Development, Democracy, and Security, 27 - 30 Nov 2003, Singapore.
34. “Joining in the Harmony: Confucius’ Socially Creative Self-Cultivation,” Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, on “Self and Others,” 1 - 4 Oct 2003, NUS, Singapore.
35. “Education and Democracy in Hu Shih's Thought: did the failure of New Culture Movement prove the impracticality of the pragmatist method?” International Convention of Asia Scholars, 19 - 22 Aug 2003, Singapore.
36. “Hu Shih and John Dewey on Democracy, War, and Violence,” Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Annual Meeting, on theme of “Comparative Philosophy in Times of Terror,” 25 - 30 May 2003, Monterey, United States.
37. “Democracy as a Community of Friends,” Memorial Conference for David L. Hall, 23 - 24 May 2003, Trinity University, San Antonio, United States.
38. “Exemplary World Citizens or Civilized Local Communicators: Politics and Culture in the Global Aspirations of Confucianism,” International Conference on “Challenging Citizenship: Identity and Membership in a Global Age,” 11 - 13 Jan 2003, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
39. “Cultural Crossings Against Ethnocentric Currents: Toward a Confucian Ethics of Communicative Virtues,” International Conference on “Moral Philosophy in a Pluralistic Cross-cultural Context,” 5 - 8 Jun 2002, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
40. “Filial Daughters-in-law: Questioning Confucian Ethics,” International Workshop on “Conception of Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History,” 10 - 12 Jan 2002, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
41. “Balancing Liberty and Community: A Confucian Perspective on Democracy’s Dilemma,” International Conference on Political Philosophy, 26 - 29 Apr 2001, Jianguo Gardens Hotel, Beijing, China.
42. “Confucian Feminine Virtues and a Modern Woman’s Place in Society,” invited paper, International Workshop on “Unity of Virtues,” 13 - 14 Nov 2000, Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Melbourne, Australia.
43. “Political Implications of Confucian Familism,” International Conference on “Family Studies: Family and Globalization,” 4 - 6 Oct 2000, Center for Advanced Studies, Singapore.
44. “Can There be a Confucian Civil Society,” International Workshop on Self, Family, and Community, 12 - 13 May 2000, NUS, Singapore.
45. “Between Family and State: Relational Tensions in the Mencius,” International Workshop on Mencius, 1 Jan 1999, NUS, Singapore.
46. “Friendship and ethical development,” American Philosopher's Association Pacific Division Annual Meeting, main program (Student travel stipend award), 25 - 28 Mar 1998, Los Angeles, United States.
PUBLIC LECTURES AND TALKS:
1. “Exploring Confucian Democracy” (In Mandarin), Nanyang Confucian Society, 23 April 2012.
2. “Confucian Virtues and Modern Leaders” (In Mandarin), Nanyang Confucian Society, Singapore Chinese Clans Association Building, 4 Dec 2011
3. “Confucian Limits to Meritocracy,” ARI Seminar, 15 Nov 2011
4. “Limiting Confucian Meritocracy,” Inaugural Lecture, Distinguished Social Sciences Public Lecture Series, 16 Jul 2008, University of Adelaide, Australia (Co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute).
5. “Limiting Meritocracy in Confucian Democracy,” 6 Mar 2008, Governance in Asia Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
6. “Hu Shih’s Pragmatism and Dewey’s Influence in China,” (In Mandarin), 17 Jun 2005, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
7. “Chinese Pragmatism Revisited: Student’s role in China’s Democratization and Hu Shih’s Thought,” Asia Research Institute, Singapore, 5 Oct 2004.
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