PROCESS THOUGHT: CONSTRUCTIVE POSTMODERNISM IN CHINA

Meijun Fan and Zhihe Wang, scholars from China currently in residence at Claremont School of Theology, will lead a conversation on the growing influence of the thought of Alfred North Whitehead in China today.

Meijun Fan is the co-director of the China Project, Center for Process Studies, Claremont; program director of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China and editor-in-chief of Cultural Communication, a Chinese newspaper.

Her areas of specialty include Chinese traditional aesthetics and process education. She authored several books and numerous articles. Her recent publications include: The Popular Aesthetics in Qing Dynasty (2001); Contemporary Interpretation of Chinese Traditional Aesthetic (2006); Diverse  Views of Soul /Christianity and Cultural Studies  Series I (with Jinwei Chen, Wenyu Xie, 2006); Diverse Views of Wisdom Life /Christianity and Cultural Studies  Series II (with Jinwei Chen, Wenyu Xie, 2007); Diverse Views of Freedom Diverse Views of Wisdom Life /Christianity and Cultural Studies Series III(with Jinwei Chen, Wenyu Xie, 2009); Second Enlightenment (with Zhihe Wang, 2011);

Dr. Fan received her B.A. and M.A. in Chinese Aesthetics from Peking University, China, her Ph.D. Degree in Chinese History from Beijing Normal University. P.R. China. She was vice Chair of Philosophy Department，Beijing Normal University. P.R. China.

Zhihe Wang, Ph. D

Zhihe Wang is director of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China. His areas of specialty include process philosophy, constructive postmodernism and second enlightenment. His recent publications include: Process and Pluralism: Chinese Thought on the Harmony of Diversity (2012)；Second Enlightenment (with Meijun Fan, 2011).；The Roar of Awakening: A Whiteheadian Dialogue Between Western Psychotherapies and Eastern Worldviews (co-edited with Goerge Deffer and Michel Weber,2009 ), Whitehead and China (co-edited with George Derfer and Wenyu Xie, 2008), and A Study of Postmodern Philosophical Movement (2006)。

Dr. Wang received his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Peking University in Beijing, China, his PhD from the Claremont Graduate University, USA. He was senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the vice-chief editor of Social Science Abroad, a journal at national level.  

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