Research Areas Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, German Marxism

Research Projects

1. “Research on the Evolutionary Logic and Insights of 21st Century Critical Theory from the Perspective of 'Immanent Critique'”, 2023 (National Social Science Foundation)

2. Adorno's Moral Philosophy of Negativity and Its Influence, 2017, Completed (National Social Science Foundation)

3. The Development and Prospects of World Marxism in the 21st Century, 2016, Main Contributor to the German Marxism Section, Completed (National Social Science Foundation Major Project)

4. Chinese Translation and Research of Gadamer's Works, 2015, Main Translator for Volume 10 of Gadamer's Complete Works, Completed (National Social Science Foundation)

Research Areas Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, German Marxism

Research Projects

1. “Research on the Evolutionary Logic and Insights of 21st Century Critical Theory from the Perspective of 'Immanent Critique'”, 2023 (National Social Science Foundation)

2. Adorno's Moral Philosophy of Negativity and Its Influence, 2017, Completed (National Social Science Foundation)

3. The Development and Prospects of World Marxism in the 21st Century, 2016, Main Contributor to the German Marxism Section, Completed (National Social Science Foundation Major Project)

4. Chinese Translation and Research of Gadamer's Works, 2015, Main Translator for Volume 10 of Gadamer's Complete Works, Completed (National Social Science Foundation)

Books

· On Adorno’s Negative Moral Philosophy, People's Publishing House, 2023

· How to Read Struggle for Recognition, People's Publishing House, 2023 (with Wang Fengcai ed.,)

Translation

· Volume 10 of Gadamer's Complete Works, The Commercial Press (manuscript submitted for publication, co-translator)

· Georg Lohmann, On Human Rights, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2018 (co-translator)

· Axel Honneth, The Working Sovereign, Shanghai People's Publishing House (manuscript submitted for publication)

Key Journal Articles from CSSCI

· Zhou Aimin, On the 'Fundamental Challenge' Facing Frankfurt School Critical Theory: A Methodological Perspective from Social Critique, Social Sciences, Issue 3, 2024, pp. 53-61.

· Zhou Aimin, Pure Politics, Political Theology, Nonviolent Violence, and the Reflexivity of Law: Four Interpretive Paths of Benjamin’s Concept of ‘Sacred Violence’, Contemporary Foreign Marxist Review, Issue 6, 2023, pp. 113-133.

· Li Li, Zhou Aimin, The 'Scar of Democracy': Critical Theory’s Response to the New Right, Foreign Theoretical Dynamics, Issue 4, 2023, pp. 144-153.

· Li Li, Zhou Aimin, Critical Theory and Anti-Colonialism: on Lessenich’s Externalization Society, Zhejiang Social Sciences, Issue 3, 2023, pp. 114-121, 139, 160.

· Zhou Aimin, On Habermas's Method of Rational Reconstruction, Marxism & Reality, No. 3, 2022.

· Zhou Aimin, On Honneth's Reconstruction of Marx's Theory of Labor Emancipation, Fudan Journal, No. 1, 2022.

· Zhou Aimin, Rethinking the Relationship Between Contemporary Critical Theory and Marxism: from the perspective of debate between Honneth and Fraser, Zhejiang Social Sciences, No. 10, 2021.

· Zhou Aimin, The Defense of Critique of Reification through Intersubjective Pathways , Social Sciences, No. 3, 2021.

· Zhou Aimin, Returning to Hegel's Theory of Recognition: On Honneth's Reconstruction and Integration of Different Concepts of Recognition, World Philosophy, No. 4, 2020.

· Zhou Aimin, Human Liberation and Immanent Critique: Rethinking the 'Living Legacy' of Early Critical Theory, Philosophical Research, No. 3, 2020.

· Zhou Aimin, The Family Resemblance of Critical Theory—A Perspective from Immanent Critique, Marxism & Reality, No. 5, 2019.

· Zhou Aimin, From Formal Anthropology to Social Organism: An Analysis of Honneth's Critical Social Philosophy, Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 10, 2019.

· Zhou Aimin, From Subjective Rights to Counter-Right: An Interpretation of Menke's Critique of Rights, Shandong Social Sciences, No. 5, 2019.

· Zhou Aimin, Immanent Critique and Normative Paradox: Reflections on the Method of Critical Theory, Philosophical Analysis, No.3, 2019

· Zhou Aimin, The Dialectics of Legal Violence and Anti-Violence—From Benjamin to Menke's Critique of Law, Journal of Tongji University, No. 2, 2019.

· Zhou Aimin, How to Revive Socialism in the 21st Century? —An Analysis of Honneth's Theory of Socialism, Study and Exploration, No. 10, 2017.

Others

· Co-organizer of three national conferences: National Forum on Foreign Marxism, National Forum on World Marxism in the 21st Century, National Forum on Critical Theory