Professor Yutang Jin is Assistant Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. His research interests include Chinese political thought and comparative political theory. He is particularly interested in how Chinese intellectual legacies inform political thinking in China. His peer-reviewed articles have appeared in Philosophy & Social Criticism, Political Theory, the Journal of Value Inquiry, Philosophy East and West, among others.
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Selected Publications
Journal Articles
“A Distinction Between Principles for the Self and Others: A Reappraisal of Xu Fuguan’s Confucian Democracy,” History of Political Thought (upcoming)
“Public and Private Interests in Han Fei: A Statist Approach,” Philosophy & Social Criticism (2024, online first)
“Self-Restriction, Political Myth, and the Politics of the Ordinary: Mou Zongsan’s Confucian Democracy,” Political Theory 51(3) (2023)
“Confucian Political Order and the Ethics/Politics Distinction: A Reassessment,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 21(3) (2022)
“What Confucianism and for Whom? The Value and Dilemma of Invoking Confucianism in Confucian Political Theories,” Journal of Value Inquiry (online first, 2021)
“Confucian Leadership Democracy: A Roadmap,” Comparative Philosophy 12(2) (2021), 79-102.
“Classic Confucian Thought and Political Meritocracy: A Text-Based Critique,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy (online first, 2021)
“Between Political Meritocracy and Participatory Democracy: Toward Realist Confucian Democracy,” Culture and Dialogue (special issue on “Confucianism: Comparisons and Controversies”) 8(2) (2020), 251-279.
“Confucian Justifications of Democracy: A Critique of Joseph Chan’s Democratic Theory,” Philosophy East and West 70(2) (2020), 374-394.
Edited Book
Progressive Confucianism and Its Critics (co-edited with Stephen Angle; co-author of the “introduction,” and author of the chapter entitled “Confucianism: Progressive or Conservative?”) (2024), London: Routledge
Book Chapter
“Eastern Learning (Donghak) and Hybrid Modernity in Late Joseon Korea” (Routledge Companion to East Asian Philosophy: Modernities in Northeast Asia) (2023)
Review Articles and Book Reviews
“Shuchen Xiang: A Philosophical Defense of Culture: Perspectives from Confucianism and Cassirer,” Journal of Asian Studies 82(2) (2023), 304-305.
“Shaun O’Dwyer: Confucianism’s Prospect: A Reassessment,” Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture) (2022)
“Tongdong Bai: Against Political Equality: the Confucian Case,” Res Publica (online first, 2021)
Research Grant Counsil Early Career Scheme Grant (2024)
University Research Committee Seed Fund (2023)
