Faculty

Yu Zhejun
Associate professor
Study of religion, Sociology of religion, Chinese popular religion/faith, philosophy of social sciences
E-mail:
yuzhejun@fudan.edu.cn
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PERSONAL

Name: YU Zhejun

Email: yuzhejun@fudan.edu.cn 

 

EDUCATION:

2005.10-2010.6 Ph. D. at Institute for study of religion, University of Leipzig, Germany (Religionswissenschaftliches Institut, Universität Leipzig)

2001.9-2004.7  Master of Philosophy at Department of philosophy, Fudan University

1997.5-2001.6 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honored class for humanities)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2014-present: Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

2010- 2014: Assistant Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

2014-present, Executive Editor, Book Town Magazine, Shanghai

2017-present, Deputy Director of department for religious study, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

2018-present, Member of council, Association of Religious Studies Shanghai, China

 


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RESEARCH INTRESTES:

Study of religion, Sociology of religion, Chinese popular religion/faith, philosophy of social sciences

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2015-18, Outstanding scholar of Fudan University [卓学学者]

2017, National Excellent Online-course [国家优秀在线课程] (for Introduction to Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism)

2016, Second prize for outstanding monographies in Philosophy and Social sciences, 13th competition, Shanghai. (for Gods and Citizen, 2014)

2015, Excellent course of Shanghai [上海市精品课程]

2014, “Good Teacher in My Heart” Award by undergraduates, Fudan University

2014, Excellent course of Fudan University [复旦大学精品课程]

 


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PUBLICATION:

Monograph:

 

Wealth, Redemption, and Capitalism: A Study of Max Weber's Protestant Ethic [财富、救赎与资本主义:马克斯·韦伯的新教伦理研究], Shanghai: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2021. ISBN: 9787108072573

50 Classic Philosophy Thinking Lessons, CITIC Press Group, 2021.ISBN: 9787521734683

Zhang Qingxiong & Yu Zhejun, Habermas’ Reflections on Key Global Issues [哈贝马斯对当今世界焦点问题的反思], Shanghai: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2021.(ISBN: 9787542675897)

When Plato Encounters Lumière: Philosophical Contemplation in Film [当柏拉图遇到卢米埃尔:电影中的哲学思辨], Shanghai: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2019. ISBN: 9787542662781

Gods and Citizen: Folk-religious Procession in Shanghai during the Republican Time[神明与市民:民国时期上海地区迎神赛会研究], Shanghai: SDX Joint Publishing Company, 2014. ISBN: 9787542649652

 

Translation

Jürgen Habermas, Der gespaltene Westen, Suhrkamp 2004. (into Chinese: 分裂的西方, Shanghai Translation Publishing House上海译文出版社, 2019.)

Max Weber, Die Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus. (into Chinese: 新教伦理与资本主义精神, Press of Zhejiang University浙江大学出版社, 2018.)

Jürgen Habermas, Zwischen Naturalismus und Religion, 2005. (into Chinese: 在自然主义与宗教之间, The Commercial Press商务印书馆, Beijing, 2013.)

Jürgen Habermas et. al, Ein Bewußstein von dem, was fehlt, 2003. (into Chinese: 对于缺失的意识, Shanghai People’s publishing house上海人民出版社, 2013.)

 

COURSES:

Introduction to Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, since 2012. (Lecture for second module in general education Fudan University. Launched on Coursera April. 2015; on MOOC of Chinese Universities since Sept. 2015; total registered learner: 90 thousand.)

Chinese Religion in Theory and Practice (seminar in English for international students)

Sociology of religion (lecture for undergraduates)

Research Methods in Religious Study (seminar for post-graduates)

Secularization theory (seminar for post-graduates)

Rational choice theory and religious market (seminar for post-graduates)

Philosophy of social sciences (seminar for post-graduates)

Philosophical thinking in movies (lecture for undergraduates)