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Jun-hyeok KwakTemplate:Family name footnote is a South Korean political philosopher and professor of Philosophy (Zhuhai Campus) at Sun Yat-sen University, China, where he is also serving as the head of political philosophy and ethics.[1] He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2002. Before joining Sun Yat-sen University, he taught at various universities including Korea University and Kyungpook National University. His research interests lie at the crossroads of Western political philosophy, contemporary political theory, and comparative philosophy. He has a particular interest in the republican tradition of political philosophy (Aristotle, Cicero, and Machiavelli), democratic theories, nationalism, patriotism, and global justice. He has been widely known as a republican theorist of ‘reciprocal non-domination.’ Currently, he is serving as General Editor of the Routledge Series of Political Theories in East Asian Context[2] and co-editor of Journal of Social and Political Philosophy.[3]
He has published numerous articles and books on political philosophy, comparative philosophy, and global justice in English, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese, including these recent works: “Relationality without Hierarchy” (In Tianxia in Comparative Perspective: Alternative Models of Geopolitical Order, edited by Roger Ames et al., University of Hawaii Press, 2023), “Individuality with Relationality” (Philosophy East and West 2023), “A Confucian Reappraisal of Christian Love” (Religions, 2023), “Confucian Role-Ethics with Non-Domination: Civil Compliance in Times of Crisis” (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 2022), “Global Justice without Self-centrism” (Dao 2021), “Deliberation with Persuasion: the ‘Political’ in Aristotle’s Politics” (Australian Journal of Political Science 2021), Introduction to Western Political Philosophy (Monograph, Chinese, 2023), Modernities in Northeast Asia (Edited book, Routledge 2023), and Machiavelli in Northeast Asia (Edited book, Routledge 2022).
Ph.D. Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, August 2002 - Dissertation Title (Political Theory): Managing Political Transformation: “Revolution” in Machiavelli’s Discorsi
M.A. Department of Political Science, Korea University, March 1993
B.A. Department of Political Science, Korea University, March 1991
Academic awards and fellowships
The Ministry of Education Research Fund, Ministry of Education, China, 2017.
100-Hundred Talented Professor Research Fund, Sun Yat-sen University, 2016
The Excellent Scholarly Book Award, Re-reading Machiavelli (2014), the National Academy of Sciences, South Korea, 2015
The Premi e contribute per la traduzione, Machiavelli’s Il Principe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, 2014
The Excellent Scholarly Book Award, Domination & Non-domination (2013), the Ministry of Culture Tourism, South Korea, 2014
The Excellent Scholarly Book Award, Neo-Republicanism (translation, 2012), the National Academy of Sciences, South Korea, 2012
The Best Book Award for the Humanities, Beyond Border and Prejudice (2010), Ministry of Culture Tourism, South Korea, 2011
Basic Research Grant, National Research Foundation, Korea, 2010
Social Science Korea Grant, National Research Foundation, Korea, 2010
EAI ASI (Asia Security Initiative) Scholarship, MacArthur Foundation, 2009.
New Scholar Grant, National Research Foundation, 2005
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1999-2001.
Mellon Foundation First-Year Dissertation Award 1998.
University of Chicago Graduate Fellowship 1996-1999.
Sasakawa Award (excellent MA thesis), Korea University, 1994.
Selected papers
“Relationality without Hierarchy: Hong Daeyong’s Reappraisal of Tianxia,” in Tianxia in Comparative Perspective: Alternative Models of Geopolitical Order, edited by Roger Ames, Sor-hoon Tan, and Y. H. Yang (University of Hawaii Press, 2023), 21-38.
“Individuality with Relationality: Ahn Changho’s Modern Transvaluation of Confucianism.” Philosophy East and West, 73(3): 677-697 (2023)
“A Confucian Reappraisal of Christian Love: Ahn Changho Contra Augustinian Studies Conducted in South Korea.” Religions, 14(6): 177 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14060777
“Reappraisal of Tianxia with Non-domination.” In Global Justice in East Asia, edited by Hugo El Kholi and Jun-Hyeok Kwak (Routledge, 2020), 158-170.
“Republican Liberation and Non-domination: Democratic Republicanism and the March First Movement.” Korea Observer, Vol. 50, No. 2 (2019), 269-286.
“Reception of Leo Strauss in Northeast Asia.” In Leo Strauss in East Asia, edited by Jun-Hyeok Kwak and Sungwoo Park (Routledge, 2019), 3-12.
“Religious Nationalism and Non-domination: Ahn Changho’s Cosmopolitan Patriotism.” In Religion and Nationalism in Asia, edited by Giorgio Shani and Takashi Kibe (Routledge, 2019), 124-138.
“Non-domination and Shame culture: reconsidering criminal punishment in republicanism.” In Republicanism in Northeast Asia, ed. Jun-Hyeok Kwak & Leigh Jenco (London: Routledge, 2017), 39-53.
“Republican Patriotism and Machiavelli’s Patriotism, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2017:436-449.
“Patriotism and nationalism: ‘republican patriotism’ in the Northeast Asian context.” In Patriotism in East Asia, ed. Jun-Hyeok Kwak & Koichiro Matsuda (London: Routledge, 2017), 28-46.
“Nationalism and Democracy Revisited: The Limits of Democratic Nationalism in South Korea,” The Korean Journal of International Studies, 2013, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2013), 143-171.
“Liberal Neutrality and Agonistic Politics: The Judicial Review of the Constitutional Court Reconsidered,” with Seung-Hun Hong, Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 44, No. 5 (2010), 1-27.
“Classical Meanings of Citizenship.” In Global Citizenship and Global Governance, ed. Jae-chang Park et al. (Hong Kong: YMCA, 2011).
"The Politics of Aspiration". Japanese Journal of Political Thought. No. 10, (2010), pp. 153–182. [Japanese]
"Political Philosophy of Niccolò Machiavelli", Understanding Human Being through Classics. Kyungpook National University Press (March 2010, Forthcoming). [Korean]
"Civic Education and South Korea: Interview with Professor Amy Gutmann", The Journal of Asiatic Studies. Vol. 52, No. 4 (2009), pp. 75–109. [Korean]
"Politics of Aspiration: Machiavelli and Classical Republicanism", Korean Journal of Political Science. Vol. 17, No. 2 (2009) [Korean]
Kwak, Jun-Hyeok, ed (2013) (in en). Inherited Responsibility and Historical Reconciliation in East Asia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-07305-3.
Kwak Jun-Hyeok, Still Nationalism? An Intellectual History of Patriotism, with Hongsik Cho (Korean, Paju: Hangilsa, 2012). ISBN:9788935662364
Kyŏngkye wa P’yŏn’gyŏn ŭl nŏmŏsŏ (Beyond Boundary and Prejudice), (Seoul: Han’gilsa, 2010) [Korean]
Kwak Jun-Hyeok, Entangled Modernities, with Henry Em (Korean, Seoul: Humanitas, 2009). ISBN:9788964371046
Konghwa juŭi wa jŏngch'i iron, trans. Kwak Jun-hyeok, Jo Gye-won, and Hong Seung-hun, Seoul: Kach'i, 2009 (Republicanism and Political Theory, Cecile Laborde and Jon Maynor eds., London: Blackwell, 2008). [in Korean]
Is Electoral System Democratic?, trans. Kwak Jun-Hyeok, Seoul: Humanitas, 2004 (The Principles of Representative Government, Bernard Manin, New York: Cambridge, 1997). [in Korean]