Liu Xiaofeng

Liu Xiaofeng, born in 1956 in Chongqing, is a contemporary Chinese scholar and professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University of China, where he also directs the Center for Classical Civilization Studies. He earned a bachelor's degree in literature from Sichuan International Studies University, a master's in philosophy from Peking University, and a doctorate in theology from the University of Basel, Switzerland. His research spans classical poetics, classical political philosophy, and comparative classics. Nineteen of his works are held in the collection, covering philosophy, law, social culture, politics, and essays. Representative works such as Salvation and Wanderlust, Introduction to Modern Social Theory, and Modernity and Modern China examine modernity and Chinese intellectual traditions from an interdisciplinary perspective. He has also translated Carl Schmitt's Constitutional Theory, Positions and Concepts, and On Dictatorship, contributed to classical studies, and edits the "Classics and Interpretation" series, exerting a lasting influence on scholarship and general readership.