[Education]

Ph.D. Political Science at the University of Chicago, 2002.

Dissertation: The Politics of Soul-Care: Socratic and Platonic Political Life and its Modern Reclamations (advisors: Prof. Nathan Tarcov, Prof. Jean B. Elshtain, Prof. Patchen Markell, Prof. Danielle Allen)

M.A. International Relations at Seoul National University, 1994.         

B.A. International Relations at Seoul National University, 1990.

[Teaching Career]

Professor, 2016-Present (Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Seoul National University)

Associate Professor, 2013-2016 (Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Seoul National University)

Associate Professor, 2009-2013 (Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Chung-Ang University)

Assistant Professor, 2005-2009 (Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Chung-Ang University)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Seoul National University, 2008-2010

[Publications]

(Books)

Leo Strauss in Northeast Asia (Routledge, 2019), coedited with Jun-Hyeok Kwak. (in English)

Empire in the History of Political Thought (Seoul National University Press, 2019). (in Korean)

Politics of Soul-Caring: Origin and Development of Platonic Political Philosophy (Ingansarang, 2014). (in Korean)

(Articles)

“Platonic Political Philosophy and Athenian Empire” 21st Century Political Science Review, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2018) (in Korean).

“Platonic International Political Thought in Plato’s Republic: Is it possible to extend Platonic justice to international realm?” 21st Century Political Science Review, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2016) (in Korean).

“Ethical Foundation of Foreign Aids from the Perspective of Global Distributive Justice,” Peace Studies, Vol. 24, No. 1 (2016) (in Korean)

“The Problematic Character of the City-Soul Analogy in Plato’s Republic: Integrating Ethical and Political Arguments and Approving Priority of the Philosophical Life,” Journal of Greco-Roman Studies, Vol. 54, No. 3 (2015) (in English)

“Non-Historicist Approach to Platonic Political Philosophy and a Preliminary Examination of New Reading of Platonic Dialogues” Journal of Korean Politics, Vol. 24, No. 1 (2015) (in Korean)

“Philosophical Foundation of the Concept of National Interest and Philosophical(Socratic) Pursuit of National Interest in Reading Plato’s ‘Alcibiades’” The Korean Journal of International Studies, Vol. 54, No. 3 (2014) (in Korean)

“Leo Strauss’s Critique of Max Weber’s Distinction between Facts and Values and its Significance in Political Philosophy,” Journal of Korean-German Society for Social Science, Vol. 24, No. 3, A Special Issue for Max Weber 150 Anniversary (2014) (in Korean).

“A Political Philosophy-Based Critique of Leo Strauss’s Responsibility for the Iraq War,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 21., No. 1 (2012) (in Korean)

“Globalization and Crisis of Democratic Legitimacy: A Preliminary Search for a New Discourse of Democracy,” Journal of Political Science and Communication, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) (in Korean).

“Moral Limit in Pursuing National Interest and Aristotle’s Concept of Politics of Good Life,” The 21st Political Science Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 (2011) (in Korean)

“Reinterpretation of Socratic Citizenship in Plato’s Apology and Crito,” The Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 53, No, 2 (2010) (in Korean)

“Plato’s Theaetetus and Philosophical Defense of Socratic Life,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 44, No. 3 (2010) (in Korean)

“Rule of Law as Integration of Ethics and Politics: Aristotle’s Rule of Law in and ,” The 21st Century Political Science Review, Vol. 19, No. 3 (2009) (in Korean)

“Thucydides on the Fate of the Democratic Empire,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2008) (in English)

“Limits and Alternatives in Reading Thucydides in the context of Realist Paradigm of IR Theories,” Korean Journal of International Studies, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2008) (in Korean)

“Madisonian Republicanism and its Contemporary Significance: Interpreting Federalist Paper No. 10 in the Context of Liberalism-Republicanism Debates,” The 21st Political Science Review, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2008) (in Korean)

“Identity of Athenian Empire and Platonic Political Life in Plato’s Menexenus,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 41, No. 4 (2007) (in Korean)

“Tension and Harmony between Democracy and Constitutionalism: Debates on Originalism in the Interpretation of American Constitution,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 40, No. 3 (2006) (in Korean)

“Politics of Eudaimonia: Philosophical Life and Political Life in Aristotle’s and ,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 39, No. 5 (in Korean)

“Plato’s Republic and the Paradox of Philosopher-King,” The Korean Review of Political Thought, Vol. 10, No. 2 (2004) (in Korean)

“Two Concepts of Justice in the City-Soul Analogy in Plato’s Republic,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 38, No. 4 (2004) (in English)

“Plato’s Apology and Socratic Political Life,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 38, No. 2 (in Korean)

(Book Chapters)

“Leo Strauss’s Interpretation of the Republic Reconsidered: Limits of Politics in South Korea” in Jun-Hyeok Kwak & Sungwoo Park eds. Leo Strauss in Northeast Asia (2019). (in English)

“Plato’s Political Philosophy and Athenian Empire” in Empire in History of Political Thought (2019) (in Korean)

“Democracy and Truth in Ancient Greek State: Platonic Response to Parrhesia” in Theory of Future State (2019)(in Korean).

“Plato” in History of Ancient and Medieval Political Thought (2011) (in Korean)

Conference Papers (in English)

“History of Identity in Plato’s Menexenus” presented at the Annual Meeting of Northeastern Political Science Association (7-9 November 2019, Philadelphia, USA)

“Politics of Soul-Care in Plato’s Alcibiades” presented at the Second Asia Regional Meeting of the International Plato Society (Forming the Soul: Plato and his Opponents) at Chinese Culture University (20-22 April 2018, Taipei, Taiwan)

“Socrates’ Confronting with Callicles in the Gorgias : Not for a Fight but for a Compromise” presented at III Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy (Radicalism and Compromise), University of Minho (1-2 February 2018, Braga, Portugal)

“Leo Strauss’s Platonism Reconsidered: Recovering the Political Philosophy and Rediscovering the Conflict between Reason and Revelation” presented at Conference of “Political Philosophy and its History: Leo Strauss and Beyond in KU Leuven, Institute of Philosophy (6-7 December 2017, Leuven, Belgium)

“Platonic Rhetoric as a Philosophical Response to Parrhesia for Democratic Deliberation” presented at Annual Conference of Midwest American Political Science Association (6 April 2017, Chicago, USA)

“Platonic Irony as Platonic Rhetoric: A Philosophical Response to Parrhesia for Democratic Deliberation” presented at The Second Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy (12-13 January 2017, Braga, Portugal)

“Plato’s International Political Thought: Justice from within and from without in Plato’s Republic” presented at Annual Conference of American Political Science Association (1-4 September 2016, Philadelphia)

“The Problematic Character of the City-Soul Analogy of Plato’s Republic: Searching for Plato’s Political and Philosophical Message” presented at University of Chicago, Political Theory Workshop (February 2013, Chicago, USA)

“Leo Strauss’s Interpretation of Plato’s Republic Reconsidered: Limit of Politics in Korea Here and Now” presented at Conference on Leo Strauss in Northeast Asian Context at Chung-Ang University (September 2012, Seoul, Korea).