Professor of Philosophy
Russell House 216
860-685-3654
Co-Chair, Asian Languages and Literatures
Russell House 216
Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-3654
Professor, East Asian Studies
860-685-3654
Chair, East Asian Studies Program
Director, Freeman Center for East Asian Studies
sangle@wesleyan.eduBA Yale University
PHD University of Michigan
Fall 2013PHIL205 - 01
Classical Chinese Philosophy
Spring 2014PHIL272 - 01
Human Rights Across Cultures
Personal Homepage:
http://sangle.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Spring 2013: None (sabbatical)
Research Interests:
My research interests revolve around various aspects of Chinese moral and political philosophy, including issues that arise when one thinks about the process of comparing Chinese ideas and traditions with the ideas and traditions of other cultures. I focus primarily on post-classical Chinese thought, up to and including the contemporary period. I have written on the development of Chinese human rights discourse, its various interactions with non-Chinese discourses, and on ways in which we in the West should relate to these Chinese ideas. My current research looks at relations between Confucian ideas and contemporary philosophical concerns in a different area: drawing on work I have done on the idea of "sagehood," I am exploring whether the neo-Confucian philosophical and religious tradition (roughly 1000 C.E. - present) has resources that can contribute constructively to a contemporary, globally-informed philosophy of moral psychology and moral education.
Scholarly Keywords:
Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Human Rights, and Moral Psychology
Academic Associations:
American Philosophical Association Association of Asian Studies International Society for Chinese Philosophy International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy
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