Personal Profile

Xie Jing, born in January 1981, graduated from the É cole des Hautes Etudes Sociales (EHESS) in Paris in 2012 with a PhD in Philosophy and Social Sciences. He has successively served as a philosophy teacher for the graduating class of Jean Lur ç at High School in Paris, France (2012-2013), a lecturer at the School of Philosophy of Fudan University (2014-2020), and is currently an associate professor at the School of Philosophy of Fudan University. Simultaneously serving as a researcher at the Li Xu Society and a collaborative researcher at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences. One academic work has been published in the field of contemporary social philosophy research, and nine academic papers have been published in journals such as Journal of Classical Sociology, Society, and Fudan Journal (Social Sciences Edition).

Email: jing_xie@fudan.edu.cn

Education and work experience

Educational experience

From 1999 to 2003, obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the School of Philosophy at Fudan University.

From 2003 to 2004, I obtained a Master's degree in Philosophy from the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences.

From 2004 to 2012, I obtained a PhD in Philosophy and Social Sciences from the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences.

Work Experience

2012-2013 Jean Lur ç at High School in Paris, France, as a philosophy teacher for the graduating class.

From 2014 to 2020, lecturer at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University.

Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, since 2020.

Part-time Academic Job

Since 2014, I have been a researcher at the Lixu Society of Fudan University.

Since 2014, I have been a collaborating researcher at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences.

Research and Projects

Research direction/main research content

Social philosophy, philosophy of social sciences, structural anthropology, French 20th century philosophy, modernity theory

research project

(1) Research on Levi Strauss' Social Philosophy Based on the Concept of 'Structure', Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Youth Fund Project, sole responsible person, 2018.

(2) Contemporary French Durkheim Social Philosophy Research , Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, sole responsible person, 2015.

Main academic achievements

Representative works

(1) Monograph: Xie Jing, From Durkheim to Moss: The Holistic Philosophy of the French Sociologist School, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2019.

(2) Translation: Liotta, Discourse, Graphics, translated by Xie Jing, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2012.

(3) Co translation: Badiu et al., Badiu on Zhang Shiying, translated by Xie Jing et al., Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore, 2016.

Representative Papers

（1）The structuralist twisting of Durkheimian sociology: Symbolism, moral reality and the social subject, Journal of Classical Sociology, ASSIA, 2016, 16(1)，pp.21-36.

(2) From Moss to Levi Strauss: Mana and the translatability of practical concepts, Society (CSSCI), 2019, 29 (5), pp. 106-126.

(3) The structuralist debate in French social philosophy: from binary symbol structuralism to ternary discourse structuralism, Fudan Journal (Social Sciences Edition) (CSSCI), 2015, 57 (5), pp.20-28.

（4）De Mauss à Lé vi-Strauss. La traduction et la philosophie sociale, Chine France-Europe Asie Itin éraire de concepts, Paris, Éditions rue d’Ulm, 2018, pp.365-400.

(5) Another Critique of Modernity: On the Relationship between Individuality and Sociality in the Durkheim School, Journal of Fudan University (Social Sciences Edition) (CSSCI), 60 (3), 2018, pp.28-35.

Offering courses

Introduction to Philosophy (Undergraduate Course);

Social Philosophy (Undergraduate Course);

Modern European Philosophy (Undergraduate Course);

Classic of Western Studies: On the Origin of Human Inequality (Undergraduate Course);

Professional Foreign Language (French) (Graduate Course);

Special Topics in French Philosophy (Graduate Course);

Selected Readings of Structuralist Original Works (Graduate Course).