Zhao Tingyang Explained

Zhao Tingyang
Native Name:赵汀阳
Honorific Suffix:Fellow
Birth Place:Guangdong, China
Nationality:Chinese
Alma Mater:Renmin University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Notable Works:"The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution"
Era:Modern
Region:China
Institutions:Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University Berggruen Research Institute
Main Interests:Tianxia, Focal points, Compossibility

Zhao Tingyang (Chinese: s=赵汀阳|t=趙汀陽|p=Zhào Tīngyáng; born 1961 in Guangdong, China) is a political philosopher credited with modernising the ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia.[1] [2] He argues that the concept of a new Tianxia or all-under-heaven can offer an alternative blueprint for creating a more peaceful and inclusive world.[3]

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. He was also a Pusey Distinguished Fellow at the Harvard–Yenching Institute in 2013.[4]

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.

According to Zhao's reconstruction of the tianxia system, tianxia presupposed "inclusion of all" and implied acceptance of the world's diversities, emphasizing harmonious reciprocal dependence and ruled by virtue as a means for lasting peace.[5]

Bibliography

Books

Selected academic articles

References

  1. Web site: Zhao Tingyang - People. Berggruen Institute. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  2. Web site: The Tianxia System China Heritage Quarterly. www.chinaheritagequarterly.org. 2019-03-21.
  3. Yang . Xiao Alvin . 2021-07-03 . Redefining a Philosophy for World Governance: Written by Zhao, Tingyang, Translated by Tao, Liqing, Singapore, Palgrave Pivot, 2019, XVII, 68 pp., Hardcover 978-981-13-5970-5 . Journal of Chinese Governance . en . 6 . 3 . 460–462 . 10.1080/23812346.2021.1875677 . 2381-2346.
  4. Web site: 赵汀阳-中国社会科学院哲学研究所. 2021-06-18. philosophy.cssn.cn.
  5. Book: Zhao, Suisheng . The dragon roars back : transformational leaders and dynamics of Chinese foreign policy . 2023 . . 978-1-5036-3088-8 . Stanford, California . 120 . 1331741429.
  6. Book: Wang, Ban. Chinese Visions of World Order: Tianxia, Culture, and World Politics. 2017-09-01. Duke University Press. 9780822372448. en.
  7. Book: Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives. Dallmayr. Fred Reinhard. Zhao. Tingyang. 2012-06-21. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813136424. en.
  8. Web site: Publications of Zhao Tingyang. Cairn Institute.

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