Stephen Angle received his B.A. from Yale in East Asian Studies and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan. At Wesleyan, he is a member of the Philosophy Department and a participant in the East Asian Studies Program.

Angle’s research interests revolve around 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. He focuses primarily on post-classical Chinese thought, up to and including the contemporary period. He has 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. Other research looks at relations between Confucian ideas and contemporary philosophical concerns in a different area: drawing on work done on the idea of “sagehood,” he has explored ways in which the Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition (roughly 10th-18th centuries C.E.) has resources that can contribute constructively to a contemporary, globally-informed philosophy of moral psychology and moral education. Angle has published four books; his latest, Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy: Toward Progressive Confucianism both surveys the current landscape and argues for a perspective he calls “Progressive Confucianism.” He is also the author of articles in a variety of publications including the Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Political Theory, Human Rights Quarterly, and Zhongguo Ruxue (Chinese Confucianism).

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Angle periodically blogs at Warp, Weft, and Way: A Group Blog of Chinese and Comparative Philosophy.