Zou Shipeng, born in 1966, has a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Jilin University (1999).

Works:

1993-1999: the Department of Political Science, Northeast Normal University;

1999-2001: the Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University;

2001-2005: the Department of Philosophy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Department Chair)

2005-, the Department of Philosophy, Fudan University.

Zou is currently a Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Philosophy in Fudan University, the dean of the National Institutes of Development at Fudan University, a researcher at Center for Contemporary Marxism in Foreign Countries of Fudan University.

He also serves as a member of the Academic Discipline Appraisal Group of the State Council (Philosophy), the vice President of the Chinese Society for the History of Marxist Philosophy and the vice President of the Studies of Society for the Chinese National Community Studies.

Research Fields:

Fundamental Philosophical Theory (especially Existentialism and Historical Theory), Marxist Philosophy and the History of Marxist Theory, Western Marxism Advanced Research, Philosophical Anthropology, Social Theory, Nation Theory.

Current Doctoral Supervision Areas (School of Philosophy, Fudan):

Marxist Philosophy

Philosophical Anthropology and Nation Theory

Existentialism Studies. Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2005.

The Rise of Radical Politics. Fudan University Press, 2011.

The Path of Transformation. China Social Sciences Press, 2013.

From Enlightenment to Historical Materialism. Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2015.

Nihilism Studies. People’s Publishing House, 2016.

A Study for the Community of the Chinese Nation: From the Perspective of Nation Theory. People’s Publishing House, 2024.

Zou has published over 200 papers in influential Chinese academic journals including Social Sciences in China, Philosophical Research, Philosophical Trends, Academic Monthly, and Xinhua Digest.

 Translations:

Charles Birch, John B. Cobb. The Liberation of Life: From the Cell to the Community. Science Press, 2015;

Chief Editorial Works:

Philosophical Anthropology and Social Theory (Periodical);

Modern Social and Political Philosophy Translation Series (Translation Series);

Marxist Philosophy Studies from the Perspective of Intellectual History Series, Fudan University Press; 

Report on Development of China’s Overseas Marxism Research (2007, 2008, 2009), People’s Publishing House.

Rethinking Marx, Washington, D.C, 2007;

Reflections on Enlightenment from Multiple Perspectives, Washington, D.C, 2019.

Awards: 

Zou has received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of Chinese Universities (China’s highest humanities award) for six times.

Current Initiatives:

Zou convenes two influential academic forums: Marxist Theoretical History Forum; Annual Forum on Social Philosophy and Social Theory.