Wu Genyou吴根友

Functions and council memberships

    Professor and Ph.D supervisor in the School of Philosophy

Dean of the School of Philosophy

Researcher of the Research Center of Traditional Chinese Cultural Studies

Director of the Research Institute of History of Philosophy of Hubei province

Awardee of the Program for New Century Excellent Talents

Specially-appointed professor of The Luojia Scholar in Wuhan University

Visiting scholar of Hong Kong Baptist University, Harvard University, Wesleyan University, Paris Diderot University, and University of Trier.

Research Topics

Philosophy in Ming and Qing dynasties

Liberalism

Political philosophy

Courses

Philosophical thoughts of the Pre-Qin masters

A guide to the original source of Chinese philosophy

Philosophy in Ming and Qing dynasties

Main Publications

China’s Intellectual History of Society

The Comparison and Accommodation between Chinese and Western Philosophy

The Early Evaluation of Modern System of Values: from Li Zhi to Dai Zhen

Theories of Pre-Qin Scholars (co-author)

The Creative Transition of Chines Philosophy (chief editor)