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Wang Keping (academic)

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Nationality
  
Chinese

Region
  
Chinese philosophy

Role
  
Philosopher

Name
  
Wang Keping


Other names
  
Chinese: 王柯平 pinyin: Wang Keping

Institutions
  
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing International Studies University

Main interests
  
Aesthetics, transcultural studies

Areas of interest
  
Cross-cultural studies, Aesthetics

Books
  
Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry, Ethos of Chinese Culture, Chinese Philosophy on Life, Chinese Way of Thinking

Institution
  
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing International Studies University

Philosophical era
  
Contemporary philosophy

Wang Keping is philosophy professor and PhD supervisor of Beijing International Studies University (BISU), China. He is also Director and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He enjoys the Chinese State Council Special Allowance since 1998 and is currently Vice President of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD). He has been honorary member of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture under the University of Athens since 2007.

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Awards

Wang is a holder of British Academy K. C. Wong Fellowship and his major academic interest is in Aesthetics and Transcultural Studies.

  • 2004 — his Towards a Transcultural Aesthetics won the Beijing Book Prize
  • 2008 — titled Outstanding Contribution to the Philosophy and Dialogue of Peace at the World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul
  • 2010 — Jacobson Award for Outstanding Contribution to the International Philosophical Dialogue
  • 2010 — his Diversity and Universality in Aesthetics was elected the annual Yearbook of the International Association for Aesthetics

    • Publications

    As of 2011, his major English works include:

  • The Classic of the Dao: A New Investigation. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1998.
  • Chinese Philosophy on Life. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2005.
  • Ethos of Chinese Culture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2007.
  • Spirit of Chinese Poetics. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2008.
  • Chinese Way of Thinking. Shanghai: Brilliant Books, 2009.
  • Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011.

    • References

    Wang Keping (academic) Wikipedia
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