Erfan XIA
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Erfan XIA Assistant Professor
Graduate institution: Ph.D. University of Toronto M.A. University of Toronto B.Phil. Peking University
E-mail: erfanxia@sjtu.edu.cn
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Research area
Ancient and Early Modern Political Philosophy
Biography
I am interested in ancient and early modern political philosophy. I have published articles on Montaigne, Hobbes, and their reception and critique of Aristotle.
Selected courses
Political Philosophy: From Plato to Rousseau
Reading course on Confucius’ Analects
Selected publications
● “Credulity, Diffidence, and Civil Trust in Hobbes” in Perspectives on Trust in the History of Philosophy, eds. David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanović and Mark Alfano, Lexington Books, December 2023.
● “‘The Greeks call it Horme’: Hobbes’ anti-Aristotelian Account of Human Action,” History of European Ideas, Vol. 49.8, 2023.
● “Montaigne and the Theological-Political Problem,” Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 49.2 (Summer 2023), 395-409.
● Chinese translation (published in 2024) of Benjamin Straumann, Crisis and Constitutionalism: Roman Political Thought from the Fall of the Republic to the Age of Revolution