Faculty

People

Wang Fengcai
Professor
E-mail：
wfc63@sina.com
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Research Areas

Education and Work Experience


Starting and EndingTime

(Years,Month)

Education and Work Experience

1982.9-1986.7

Bachelor of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Shandong University

1988.8-1991.6

Master of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Shandong University

2001.9-2004.6

Ph.D. in Philosophy, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University

1986.7-2006.8

Teacher, Shandong University (Professor: 2004; Doctoral Supervisor: 2006)

2004.9-2006.6

Postdoctoral Fellow,Postdoctoral Research Station of Philosophy, Fudan University

2006.9-present

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Fudan University; Research Fellow, Ministry of Education Key Research Institute

2014.3-2015.2

Senior Scholar, Institute for Social Research and Faculty of Philosophy, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

2019.11-present

Changjiang (Yangtze River) Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education of China; Distinguished Professor of Fudan University

2020-present

Distinguished Leading Talent of Fudan University



 Academic Part-Time Jobs

Starting and Ending Time

Name of Academic Association

Part-Time Position

2008.5-present

Contemporary Foreign Marxism Research Branch

of China Society of History of Marxist Philosophy

Secretary General (2008.5-2010.10)

Vice President and Secretary General (2010.11-2019.11)

Vice President (2019.11-present)

2021.6-present

Marx and Engels Text and Document Research Branch

of China Society of History of Marxist Philosophy

 

Vice President

2022.8-present

Fairness and Justice Research Branch

of China Society of Dialectical Materialism

Vice President

2015-present

Critical Theory Research Series

 

Editor-in-Chief

2021-present

World Marxism in the 21st

 Century Research Series

Editor-in-Chief

2017-present

Critical Theory Forum

Initiator/Convener

2018-present

World Marxism in the 21st Century Forum

Initiator/Convener


Research Fields

1、Foreign Marxist Philosophy (Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, Western Marxism)

2、Marxist Philosophy (Philosophy of Marx, Western Marxology)

3、History of the Development of Marxism (Contemporary German Marxism, Classical Marxism)

4、Contemporary Marxist Trends in the World (World Marxism in the 21st Century)

5、German Philosophy and Practical Philosophy in a Broad Sense，and Philosophy of Art


Research Projects

1. Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China (2 projects)

(1) Research on the Development and Prospect of World Marxism in the 21st Century (2016)

(2) Research on the Critical Theory of Culture of Foreign Marxism and Its Development Trend (2024)

2. Major Projects of the Ministry of Education Key Research Institute (4 projects)

(1) New Trends of Development of Marxism in Germany since the 1990s (2008)

(2) From Critical Theory to Post-Critical Theory (2014)

(3) Research on the Frontier Issues of Foreign Marxism (2018)

(4) A New Interpretation of Dialectics in the Context of World Marxism in the 21st Century (2023)

3. Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China (1 project)

4. Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Projects (2 projects)

Research Areas

Major Academic Achievements

1、Monographs

（1）The Critical Theory Septology

Critique and Reconstruction: The Theory of Civilization of the Frankfurt School (Social Sciences Academic Press [China], 2004)

Despisement and Resistance: Honneth's Recognition Theory and the Political-Ethical Turn of Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School (Chongqing Publishing Group, 2008)

From Public Freedom to Democratic Ethics: Wellmer's Political Ethics in the Context of Critical Theory (People's Publishing House, 2011)

Recognition, Justice, Ethics: Honneth's Political Ethics in the Context of Practical Philosophy (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2017/2023)

From Social Philosophy to Critical Theory (People's Publishing House, 2023)

From New Critical Theory to Post Critical Theory (People's Publishing House, 2023)

Interpretation of Negative Dialectics (in multiple volumes, China Social Sciences Press, to be published)

（2）The Marx Pentalogy

In Pursuit of Marx: Exploring Western Marxism (Shandong University Press, 2003)

Rediscovering Marx: The Development Trend of German Marxism after the Fall of the Berlin Wall (People's Publishing House, 2015)

Marx in Multiple Perspectives: The Development Trend of World Marxism in the 21st Century (in two volumes, China Social Sciences Press, 2021/2022)

Re-Understanding Marx: Contemporary Interpretation of Western Marxism (China Renmin University Press, 2024)

Marx in an International Perspective: the Critical Theory of Culture of Foreign Marxism and Its New Development in the 21st Century (China Social Sciences Press, to be published)

2、Major Translations

Negative Dialectics (by Adorno, translated by Wang Fengcai, The Commercial Press, 2019/2020/2022)

The Struggle for Recognition (by Honneth, translated by Wang Fengcai, Shanghai People's Publishing House, to be published)

3、Academic Research Paper(omission)


Research Areas

Courses

1. Undergraduate Courses

Selective Reading of the Original Works of Western Marxism

The Critical Theory of Society

Western Marxology

2. Graduate Courses (Master/Ph.D.)

Research on the Frontier Issues of Western Marxism

Intensive Reading of the Original Works of Western Marxism (Negative Dialectics)

Monographic Study on Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School

 

Honours and Awards

New Century Excellent Talent in the University of the Ministry of Education of China (2009)

Enlisted in Major National Talent Programs (2018)

2014 National Achievements Library of Philosophy and Social Sciences (2015)

Second Prize of Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievement Award (2018)

First Prize of Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievement Award (2023)

Second Prize of Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Award of the Ministry of Education of China (2024)

First Prize of Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievement Award (2025)