Zhao Tingyang
Zhao Tingyang is a philosopher credited with modernising the ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia.Biography
Zhao Tingyang graduated from Renmin University of China and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and is now a professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and is a senior fellow of Peking University Berggruen Research Institute.
His works are mainly on metaphilosophy, ethics and political philosophy.
In 2005, he published 'The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution'. His book 'Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy' was published in 2009.Books
- "On Possible Life", 1994, 2004
- "One or All Problem", 1998
- "The World without a World-view", 2003
- "The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution", 2005
- "Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy", 2009
- "First Philosophy: From cogito to facio", 2012
- "Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives"
Academic articles
- Zhao Tingyang. 2012. The ontology of coexistence: From cogito to facio. Diogenes 57:4, : 27-36
- Zhao Tingyang and Yan Xin. 2008. The self and the other: An unanswered question in Confucian theory. Frontiers of Philosophy in China 3, : 163-176
- Zhao Tingyang. 2009. Ontology of coexistence. Diogène 228, : 35-49
- Zhao Tingyang. 2009. A political world philosophy in terms of All-under-Heaven. Diogenes 56, : 5-18, 140
- Zhao Tingyang. 2006. Rethinking empire from a Chinese concept 'All-under-Heaven'. Social identities 12, : 29-41
- Zhao Tingyang. 2007. 'Credit human rights': A non-western theory of universal human rights. Social sciences in China XXVIII, : 14-26
- Zhao Tingyang. 2005. On the best possible golden rule. Social sciences in China XXVI, : 12-22
