Namoh Sakang

Namoh Sakang holds a Ph.D. in political science from Heidelberg University, Germany. Namoh Sakang is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Public Administration and has served as the 7th Dean of the College of Indigenous Studies since August 2021. Research areas include political philosophy, theory of the state, comparative politics and ethnic politics, with a long-standing focus on Indigenous rights, transitional justice and the normative foundations of pluralist democracy. Namoh Sakang has also served as President of the Taiwan Indigenous Professors Association and Editor-in-Chief of the Taiwan Indigenous Studies Review.

• Political Philosophy
• Theory of the State
• Comparative Politics
• Ethnic Politics

Selected positions

2025 ─ 2027

Member, Review Committee for Professional Judge Certification, Judicial Yuan

2023 ─ 2027

Member, Taipei City Committee for the Protection of Urban Indigenous Rights

2022 ─ 2024

Member, Open Government National Action Plan Task Force, Executive Yuan

2022 ─ 2024

Member, 6th Indigenous Historical Documents Committee

2021 ─

Dean, College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University

2021 ─ 2023

Member, 6th Committee for the Promotion of the Indigenous Peoples Basic Law, Executive Yuan

2020 ─ 2021

Advisor, Transitional Justice Commission

2018 ─ 2021

Chair, Department of Public Administration, National Dong Hwa University

2017 ─ 2020

President, Taiwan Indigenous Professors Association

2016 ─ 2023

Editor-in-Chief, Taiwan Indigenous Studies Review

Honours

• College Teaching Excellence Award (6 times)Academic years 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17
• College Outstanding Mentor AwardAcademic year 2014–15

Selected publications

1. 2021“National Identity and the Future of Democracy: A Review of Habermas’s Constitutional Patriotism,” Philosophy and Culture (哲學與文化) 48(6): 51–70 (in Chinese).A&HCI
2. 2018“Moral Defense in an Age of Silence: Jaspers on the Guilt and Responsibility of State Action,” Review of Political and Social Philosophy (政治與社會哲學評論) 66: 43–101 (in Chinese).TSSCI
3. 2015“Democracy and Law in the Post-National Era: Reflections on Habermas’s Political Thought,” Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy (人文及社會科學集刊) 27(1): 89–133 (in Chinese).TSSCI
4. 2015“Constitutional Patriotism: In Search of a Rational Concept of National Identity,” Review of Political and Social Philosophy (政治與社會哲學評論) 52: 63–122 (in Chinese).TSSCI
5. 2008(Ed.) A Chronicle of Tafalong (太巴塱部落志). Hualien: Hualien County Cultural Affairs Bureau (in Chinese).Book
6. 2004Gerechtigkeit bei Rawls und Habermas. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin.Book

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