Professor, the School of philosophy, Fudan University

                  Dean of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University

     The Vice Director of the Center for Contemporary Foreign Marxism, Fudan University

The School of Philosophy, Fudan University

220 Handan Road, Shanghai, China

Tel: 86-21-55665105

Fax: 86-21-65642732

                               email:  shuangli@fudan.edu.cn

Education 

(1) 9,2000 ----12,2003, Fudan University, (doctor degree, the major of philosophy)

(2) 9,1994 ---- 7,1997, Fudan University, (master degree, the major of philosophy)

(3) 9,1990 ---- 7,1994, Anhui University (bachelor degree, the major of philosophy)

Work Experience 

1997 to 1999, teacher, Philosophy Department, Fudan University;

1999 to 2004, lecturer, Philosophy Department, Fudan University;

2004 to 2014, associate professor, Philosophy Department (being developed into the School of Philosophy in 2006), Fudan University;

Since 2014, professor, the School of Philosophy, Fudan University;

2001 to 2002, visiting scholar in Regent College, Canada;

2007 to 2008, Fulbright Scholar in Purchase College , SUNY, the United States

2019，Visiting scholar in the Center for Humanities and Social Change, Berlin Humboldt University

2006-2011, 2016-2023, Vice Dean of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University

2023-, Dean of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University

Research Area 

Marxist philosophy, critical theory, western Marxism, Marx and Hegel

Publications 

Works:

1, Darkness and Hope---- Studies in Ernst Bloch’s Utopian Thought, (Renming Publishing House, Beijing, China, 2014)

2, the Theology of Liberation, (the first author, Taiwan: Taiwan Yangzhi Company, 2000);

3, the Phenomenology of Modernity, (the fourth author, Shanghai, China: the Publishing House of the Shanghai Academy of Social Science, 2002);

4, Western Marxism, (the second author, Beijing, China: Renming Publishing House, 2012)

5, the Philosophical Journey of Western Marxism in the 20^th Century, (the third author, Tianjing, China: Tianjing Remning Publishing House, 2013)

6，Oxford Companion to Hegel (Chapter 29, “Marx and Hegel”), Oxford University Press, ed. Dean Moyar, 2017.

7, Report On Contemporary Marxism Abroad (2015-2016), (editor, Beijing, China: Renming Publishing House, 2017)

8, Contemporary Interpretations of ‘On the Jewish Question’  (Chongqing Publishing Group, 2025)

Academic Papers:

1,“Rethinking Karl Marx’s Theory of Civil Society”, (2020,9, Academic Monthly, China; reprinted in 2021,3, Xin Hua Wenzhai, China)

2, “On the Contemporary Relevance of the Communist Manifesto ”, (2020, 8, Exploration and Free Views, China)

3, “Reflections on Georg Lukacs’ Theory of Totality--- from the Perspective of Ernst Bloch’s Utopian Philosophy”, Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series III, Vol. 28, 2019, 115–32, the United States）

4, “On the Critique of Capitalism in the Communist Manifesto”, (2018, 5, Exploration and Free Views, China;  reprinted in 2018, 10, Chinese Social Science Digest, China)

5, “Marx and Our Time” (2018, 10, 26, Wenhui Daily (academic edition), China)

6, “Second Nature and Freedom---- On Lukacs’ Transformation of Hegel’s Conception of Second Nature” (2018,1 , Fudan Journal, China )

7, “Critique and Reconstruction--- On why should we re-start the ‘Marx and Hegel’ Dialogue in the contemporary Chinese Context” (2017, 9 Modern Philosophy, China)

8，“Karl Marx on Religion and Modern Politics” (2016,1 , Fudan Journal, China )

9, “To Revisit Karl Marx’s Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right” (2016, 6, Philosophical Researches, China)

10, “Why to Mention ‘the Transmigration of Souls’ Again--- On Ernst Bloch’s Reconstruction of the Marxist Philosophy of History”( 2016, 12, Christian Thoughts Review, China)

11，“Why should one be interested in the theological dimension within the project of modern politics? ------On the Chinese acceptance of Carl Schmitt's political theology” (2014, 4, Critical Research on Religion, Vol. 2, No. 1, the United States)

12，“How Could Reason Have Been Degraded into the Pure Instrument of Power? — On the Critique of the Self-Preserving Reason in Dialectic of Enlightenment” (2014,3, Academic Monthly, China)

13，“Enlightenment and Social Domination------Reflections on the Critique of Social Domination in Dialectic of Enlightenment” (2013, 12, Contemporary Marxism Review, 11, Renming Publishing House, China)

14， “Reinterpreting the Historical Necessity---- On Zizek’s interpretation of History and Class Consciousness”(2013, 3, Philosophical Researches, China; reprinted in Philosophical Principles, 2013, 6, China)

15， “the Capitalist Religion and Historical Materialism---- on the Revival of the Marxist Criticism of Fetishism in the 20^th Century” (2012,11, World Philosophy, China);

16， “On Marx’s Way to Supercede Religions---- from the Perspective of the Jewish Question” (2012,12, Marxism and Reality, China);

17， “Anti-capitalist trends in China. The viewpoint of a philosopher ----An interview of Professor Zhang Shuangli, at the University of Fudan (Shanghai), by Gérard Duménil” (2012,11, Actuel Marx #52, France);

18， “The Difficult Condition of ‘Critical Marxism’ in the Contemporary China” (2012, 9, Study & Exploration, China)

19， “Immanent Transcendence---- Georg Lukacs on Dialectic and Revolution” (2011,12, Contemporary Marxism Review, 9, Renming Publishing House, China);

20，“Religion and the Problem of Revolutionary Subjectivity —On the Recent ‘Turns to Religion’ of the Western Left-wing Political Thoughts” (TWO), (2011,12 the Annual Report About the Marxist Currents Abroad: 2011, Renming Publishing House, China);

21，“From Weber to Marx— Reflections on Georg Lukacs’ Dual Critique of Capitalism”, (2010,10, Contemporary Marxism Review, 8, Renming Publishing House, China);

22，“Religion and the Ethics of Revolution ---- Also on the relationship of Symbiosis between George Lukacs and Ernst Bloch”, (2010,1, Marxism and Reality , China); 

23，“Gradualism and Optimism—A Comparative Study on John Dewey and HuShi,(2010, 3,  Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (English version), China);

24，“Religion and the Problem of Revolutionary Subjectivity —On the Recent ‘Turns to Religion’ of the Western Left-wing Political Thoughts” (ONE), (2010, 1, the Annual Report About the Marxist Currents Abroad: 2010, Renming Publishing House, China)

25, “To Build the Alliance Between Religion and Revolution --- Studies in the religious thinking of the early western Marxists like Ernst Bloch and Geoege Lukacs, ”(2009, 12, Collection of the Works about Marxism Abroad, Renming Publishing House, China );

26, “On the Internal Tension within the Rationalist Culture”, (2008,12, Contemporary Marxism Review, 6, Renming Publishing House, China);

27, “On Ernst Bloch’s Humanism”, (2007, 4, Marxism and Reality, China);

28, “ The Western Marxist Theory of Ideology and China ”(2006, 12, Fudan Journal, China)

29, “Reflections on Lukacs’ Theory of Totality— from the perspective of Ernst Bloch’s utopian thought”, (2005, 9, Fuan Review of Philosophy, China);

30, “On George Lukacs’ Eschatological Diagnosis of the Capitalist Society---- Studies in George Lukacs’ thought of modernity” (2005,8 Marxism and Reality, China );

31, “Reawakening the Tension Between Utopia and the Present World”, (2004,10, Christian Thought review, 1, Shanghai Renming Publishing House, China);

32, “Utopia and Us—On the Relevance of Ernst Bloch’s Utopian Thought in the Contemporary World ”, (2004,4, Contemporary Marxism Review, 4, Renming Publishing House, China);

33, “Understanding Marxism in the tension between Utopia and Ideology”, (2004,3, Jiangxi Social Sciences, China);

34, “Studies on Lefebvre’s Thought of Modernity”, (2003,8, Marxism and Reality, China);

35, “Reflections Marx’s Theory of the Essence of Man—Starting from the Conception of Nature”, (1996,7, Fudan Journal, China)

Short Articles, Interviews, Book Reviews and others:

Interviews

1, “Why Should We Re-read Hegel’s Philosophy of Right Today? ---- the Interview of Professor Domenico Losurdo” (2017, 6, Exploration and Free Views, China)

2, “On the Intellectual Relationship between Marx and Hegel---- the Interview of Professor Terrel Carver” (2017, Philosophical Trends, China)

3, “Hegel, Marx, Straussism and the Problem of Modernity---- the Interview of Professor Robert Pippin ” (2014,12 the Annual Report About the Marxist Currents Abroad: 2011, Renming Publishing House, China);

4, “Modernity is the Story about Freedom and Its Actualization------ the Interview of Professor Robert Pippin” (2014, 1, Wenhui Daily, China)

5, “Interview of Michael Lowy”, (2007, 11, Contemporary Marxism Review, 5, Renming Publishing House, China);

Short Articles

1， “Neu lesen! Was chinesische Intellektuelle von ihm lernen”(“Read Again! What Chinese Scholars Learn From Him”), Die Zeit, No. 25, 2019, 6, 13, Germany;

2, “Das Dilemma des „kritischen Marxismus“ im heutigen China”,（Short Article, http://www.de-cn.net/dis/kap/de9094001.htm）, 2012;

3, “Autoritäre Versuchung”, (Short Article, 64 1. Dezember 2011 DIE ZEIT No 49, Germany);

4, “On the Multi-Dimensional Relationship Between Marxism and Christianity”, (2011, 9, the News Letter of the Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, Hong Kong)

Book Reviews

1, “Book Review”, (2008, Dao: A comparative journal of philosophy (Ⅷ,1), Spring, the United States);

2, “Book View of the War of Gods”, (2007, the Annual Report on Contemporary Marxism: 2007, Renming Publishing House, China);

Conference Reviews

1, “About the International Conference on Religion and Politics in the Secular World”, (English version, 2009, 12, Sino- Christian Studies, No.8, Taiwan)

2, “On the Interconnectedness Between Religion and Politics in The Secular Society (a Conference Summary)”, (December 3^rd, 2009, the Newspaper For Social Sciences, China);

3, “A Summary of the International Symposium on Philosophical Education and the Modern World”, (2007, 11, Fudan Journal（English Version, Volume 3, number 3）, China ) ;

4, “About the Conference of the Reformation in the Teachings about Marxist Philosophy and Western Philosophy”, (2001,9, Teachings and Studies, the first author, China);

5, “About the 8^th Congress of Feminist philosophy and the 20^th Congress of Philosophy”, (1998,12, Studies in Natural Dialectics, China);

Translations

1, A Secular Age, (Charles Taylor, the fourth translator of the Chinese version, Shanghai Sanlian Press, 2016, China);

2, “Capitalism as the Divine Kingdom of Calculation, and Marxist Conceptions of the Alternative: A response to Dr. Zhang Shuangli’s article” (Bill Martin, Translation, 2012,11, World Philosophy, China);

3, “Response to Prof. Dr. Yu Wujin’s, ‘Important thoughtful Ferments in the Reflection of Modernity: Seen from the young Hegel’s Perspective’” (Richard Lee, Translation, 2012,11, World Philosophy, China);

4, “Religion and Modernity” (Jacques Bidet, Translation, 2011, 12, Contemporary Philosophy, Renming Publishing House, China);

5, “Marxism and Religion Today” (Roland Boer, Translation, 2011, 12, the Annual Report About the Marxist Currents Abroad: 2010, Renming Publishing House, China);

6, “Changing the World: Marx’s Thesis on Feuerbach,” (Ernst Bloch, Translation, 2009, 12, Collection of the Works about Marxism Abroad, Renming Publishing House, China);

7, “To Save Revolution by Ontology”, (Cornelius Castoriadis, Translation, 2009, 6, Marxism and Reality, China);

8, “Karl Marx and the Problem of Agriculture,” (Oskar Hamann, Translation, 2008,4, the Political-Economic Analysis of Agriculture, Chongqing Publishing House, China);

9, “Interview of Ernst Bloch”, (Michael lowy, Translation, 2004,1, Fudan Review of Philosophy,2, China);

10, “Leo Strauss: the Pursuit for Truth in the Time of Perplexities”, (Translation, 2002,9, Strauss and Classical Political Philosophy, Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore, China);

11, “What is Political Science? And What does it Ought to be?” (Bertell Ollman, Translation, 2002,9, Contemporary Marxism Review,3, China);

12, “Engels on Religion and Class Struggles”, (Michael lowy, Translation, 2001,9, Contemporary Marxism Review,2,China);

13, “Marx and Marxism: Then and Now”, (David Mclellan, Translation, 2000,7, Contemporary Marxism Review,1, China);

14, “American Scholars and Globalization”, (Marjorie Miller, Translation, 1999,1, Studies in Natural Dialectics, China);

15, “Trinity and Society”, (, Translation, 1997,7, Daofeng, Hongkong);

Conference Presentations

1,“On the Decline of Concrete Utopias in China”；（paper for the plenary session of the Sixth International Marx Congress, 2010, Paris, France)

 Paper:  http://actuelmarx.u-paris10.fr/cm6/index6.htm

 Vidéo : http://www.canalc2.tv/video.asp?idvideo=9999

2,“Religion and Modernity ---- On Their intertwinement in the Context of Chinese Modernization”； （the paper for one of the philosophy sessions in the Sixth International Marx Congress, 2010, Paris, France）

 Paper:  http://actuelmarx.u-paris10.fr/cm6/index6.htm

3, Reflections on the Anti-Capitalist Movement in China (the paper for the Roundtable: The Anti-capitalist Left in the World Today in Left Forum, 2011, New York, the United States)

4, “Marx in China” (the paper for the session: Marxism in China in Left Forum, 2011, New York, the United States)

5, “the Capitalist Religion and Historical Materialism---- on the Revival of the Marxist Criticism of Fetishism in the 20th Century” (the paper for the International Conference: China, Philosophy, and the Problem of “Modernity”--A Dialogue with Philosophers from Fudan University， 2011, Depaul University, Chicago)

6, “Why should one be interested in the theological dimension within the project of modern politics? ------On the Chinese acceptance of Carl Schmitt's political theology” (the paper for the International Conference: Religion and Treason: 2012, the University of Newcastle, Australia)

7, “Toward a New Critique of the Power Relationship in Civil Society” ( the paper for the International Conference: Social Critique and Modern Politics , 2012,Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

8, Religion and the Ethics of Revolution ----- On George Lukacs and Ernst Bloch’s Efforts to Build the Alliance Between Religion and Marxism; (the paper for the International Conference: Religion and Politics in the Secular World, 2009,Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

9，  “On the ‘Reductionism’ of Marx’s Theory of the State” (the paper for the international conference: Rethinking on Karl Marx’s theory of the state, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2016)

10， “On the Difficulties with the Second-Round Reconstruction of the Modern Ethical World ---- From the perspective of the Chinese Acceptance of Marxism” (the paper for the international workshop: Social Freedom and the Idea of Democracy, Taiwan, 2016)

11，“Crisis and Reconstruction---- On the New Efforts to Re-activate the Marx-Hegel Dialogue in the Contemporary Chinese Context”（the paper for the international conference: the Crisis of Normative Orders--- Progress and Regress, 2017, Frankfurt, Germany）

12, “Ethical Life, Capitalist System and Historical Genesis----Rethinking Georg Lukacs’ Hegelian Marxism” (the paper for Hegel Congress in Stuttgart, 7-10, June, 2023 )

13, “Rethinking Jurgen Harbermas’ Theory of Civil Society” (lecture paper for the visiting lecture in the University of Hamburg, Germany, June, 2023)

14, “Hegelian Marxism or Marxist Hegelianism? ---Rethinking the relationship between Marx and Hegel” (lecture paper for the visiting lecture at the Center for Post -Kantian Philosophy, the University of Potsdam, Germany, June, 2023)

15, “Rethinking Georg Lukacs’ Hegelian Marxism” ( paper for the international conference 100 Years of History and Class Consciousness at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, September, 2023)

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to the Economic and Philosophic Manuscript of 1844 (taught in Chinese)

Introduction to German Ideology (taught in Chinese)

Introduction to the Communist Manifesto  (taught in Chinese)

Western Marxism (taught in Chinese)

Neo-Marxism in Eastern Europe (taught in Chinese)

The History of Marxist Philosophy (taught in Chinese)

The Marxist Currents Outside China (taught in English)

The Chinese Modern Philosophy (taught in English, at Purchase College, the State University of New York, 2007)

Women in China (taught in English, at Purchase College, the State University of New York, 2008)

Graduate Courses

Marx, Weber and the Origin of Western Marxism

Seminar: Lukacs’ History and Class Consciousness

Seminar: Ernst Bloch’s The Spirit of Utopia

Seminar: Gramsci’ Prison Notebook

Seminar: Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment

Seminar: Marx and Hegel

Seminar: Habermas and Weber