About the author

Jiang Dandan is a Chinese author about whom little public information is available. Six of her works are held in the collection, mainly for readers of philosophy and social and cultural studies. Her representative titles include The Dialectics of Duration, The Philosophical Way of Life, Philosophy as a Way of Life, The Image of Man: Imagination, Performance and Culture, The Polyphony of Love, and The Ancient Imperial Examination. These titles show that her interests span Western philosophy, philosophical practice and ways of living, cultural studies of image and imagination, and the imperial examination system of ancient China, combining philosophical reflection with a cultural-historical perspective. Overall, she tends to discuss philosophical questions in an accessible, everyday manner, interpreting abstract concepts through lived experience and cultural phenomena. Her works are commonly found in categories such as Western philosophy, philosophy readers, social sciences, and culture, and are suitable for readers interested in philosophy and intellectual culture. As biographical information has not been made public, this profile offers an objective overview based only on the works held in the collection.

Written (6)

The Dialectic of Duration cover
Rating 4.5
The Dialectic of Duration 加斯东·巴什拉 / 陈元 / 姜丹丹 East China Normal University Press · 2025 Duration and Dialectic presents a philosophical preliminary course on rest. The author first analyzes Bergson's philosophical thought, arguing that du…
The Image of the Human: Imagination, Performance, and Culture cover
Rating 4.2
The Image of the Human: Imagination, Performance, and Culture 克里斯托夫·武尔夫 / 陈红燕 / 彭正梅 / 姜丹丹 East China Normal University Press · 2025 What role do images, imagination, and the imagined world play in how humans come to know the world? How do they foster our understanding of others, ou…
The Philosophical Way of Life cover
Rating 4.5
The Philosophical Way of Life 皮埃尔·阿多 / 姜丹丹 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 This book is a record of conversations between the contemporary French philosopher Pierre Hadot, University of Chicago professor Davidson, and Carlyle…
The Polyphony of Love cover
Rating 4.1
The Polyphony of Love 阿兰·巴迪欧 / 邓刚 / 姜丹丹 / 何乏笔 East China Normal University Press · 2023 In Praise of Love is a public dialogue between Alain Badiou, one of contemporary France's most influential philosophers, and Nicolas Truong, a journal…
The Ancient Imperial Examination System cover
Rating 3.7
The Ancient Imperial Examination System 姜丹丹 Jilin Literature and History Publishing House · 2018 The "Chinese Culture Knowledge Reader" series is a large-scale knowledge reader compiled by Jilin Literature and History Press and Jilin Publishing Gr…
Philosophy as a Way of Life cover
Rating 4.3
Philosophy as a Way of Life 皮埃尔·阿多 / 姜丹丹 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2017 This is one of those books that leaves you transformed when you step out of its pages. All of Pierre Hadot's works belong to this category: whether he…

Publishers

Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseEast China Normal University PressJilin Literature and History Publishing House