Unit University of Macau
Faculty/Department Faculty of Arts and Humanities – Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Signature Research Cluster Chinese Culture in Diverse Cultural Environment
Research Interest
  • Chinese and Comparative Philosophy (specifically Daoism)
  • Social and Political Thought (specifically Social Systems Theory)

Signature Publications

  • Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. With Paul D’Ambrosio. New York: Columbia University Press. 2017.
  • The Radical Luhmann. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011. Japanese translation: ラディカル・ルーマン: 必然性の哲学から偶有性の理論. Tokyo: Shin-yo-sha, 2018. Italian translation: Per comprendere Luhmann. Milan: IPOC, 2016.D
  • The Moral Fool. A Case for Amorality. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.

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