Gao Xuanqing

Gao Xuanqing (b. 1940) is a Chinese-French philosopher, sociologist and art critic, and a Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He holds a master's degree from Peking University and a doctorate in philosophy from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and has served as a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and as a professor at Paris Nanterre University and Soochow University. His research and writing span the history of Western philosophy, Marxist theory and art theory. His introductory works, including An Introduction to Russell's Philosophy, Existentialism, Structuralism and A Guide to Neo-Marxism, trace the origins and core questions of these intellectual currents, while his other writings address topics such as the innovative potential and prospects of contemporary art and basic issues in the phenomenology of art. His prose emphasizes conceptual analysis and the mapping of intellectual contexts, bridging continental thought and artistic practice.