郑作彧

Zheng Zuoyu is an active scholar and writer in the field of social sciences in China. Publicly available biographical information about him is limited, and no clear record of his birth and death dates or educational background is available. Four of his works are currently included in the collection: Twenty Lectures on Social Theory, The Birth of New Alienation: An Outline of the Critical Theory of Social Acceleration, Not in Control, and Social Time: Formation, Change, and Problems, all classified under social sciences. These works center on social theory, the critique of social acceleration, and the sociology of time. They offer both a systematic survey of classical theoretical traditions and a critical analysis of acceleration, alienation, and the experience of losing control in modern society, while also exploring in depth the formation and transformation of social time. His writing is marked by conceptual clarity and rigorous argumentation, and it seeks to connect theoretical exposition with the diagnosis of contemporary reality, making it suitable for readers interested in social theory and issues of modernity.