Wang Keping Explained

Wang Keping
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Nationality:	Chinese
Era:	Contemporary philosophy
Region:	China
Main Interests:	Aesthetics, transcultural studies
Institutions:	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing International Studies University

Wang Keping is a philosophy professor and PhD supervisor of Beijing International Studies University (BISU), China.^[1] He is also Director and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).^[2] 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.^{[2] [3]}

Awards

Wang is a holder of British Academy K. C. Wong Fellowship and his major academic interest is in Aesthetics and Transcultural Studies.^[2]

• 2004 — his Towards a Transcultural Aesthetics won the Beijing Book Prize^[4]
• 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^[5]

Publications

As of 2011, his major English works include:^[2]

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Wang Keping . Beijing International Studies University . 5 November 2013.
2. Web site: Profile of WANG Keping . Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Philosophy . 5 November 2013.
3. Web site: Wang Keping . China Book International . 5 November 2013.
4. Book: The Pursuit of Comparative Aesthetics: An Interface Between East and West . Ashgate Publishing . 2006 . viii . 9780754653455 . Hussain, M. . Wilkinson, R..
5. Web site: Yearbooks . International Association for Aesthetics . 5 November 2013.