About the author

Yao Yuan: publicly available information is limited. His writings center mainly on legal theory, Marxist jurisprudence, and urban questions. The library holds three of his works, including "Struggling for Legal Science: Selected Essays on Legal Theory," "The General Theory of Law and Marxism," and "The Consciousness of the City," classified under law, philosophy, and social science. Judging from the titles and categories, his writing combines theoretical analysis with topical commentary: on the one hand it addresses the methodology of legal science and the intellectual lineage of Marxist jurisprudence, and on the other it turns to practical concerns of urban life, forming a kind of intersection between law and social science. Since his dates, nationality, and biography are not clearly recorded, no speculation is offered here; this sketch is drawn only from the existing bibliography, and readers may consult the above works to learn more about his lines of inquiry and argumentative style.

Written (5)

Rating 3.5★ The Self-Awareness of the City 姚远 Peking University Press · 2025 With writing that blends reason and emotion, and accompanied by rare final images of old cities, The Awakening of the City faithfully records the fina… Rating 4.3★ The General Theory of Law and Marxism 帕舒卡尼斯 / 姚远 / 丁文慧 The Commercial Press · 2024 This book is Pashukanis's personal magnum opus, and at the same time the founding work, in the strict sense, of Marxist philosophy of law, as well as … Rating 4.5★ The Struggle for Legal Science: Selected Essays on Legal Theory 赫尔曼·康特洛维茨 / 雷磊 / 姚远 The Commercial Press · 2023 This volume collects eight representative essays by Kantorowicz on legal theory: “The Struggle for Legal Science” (1906), “On the Correct Theory of La… Zhi Japan: Railways Su Jing / 毛丹青 / 姚远 / Jian Xin / Jianwu / 刘柠 CITIC Press · 2012 Zhi Japan: Railways is a special issue in the "Zhi Japan ZHIJAPAN" series devoted to Japanese railway culture, edited by Su Jing and first published b… Rating 4.0★ Breaking the Sky 姚远 Breaking the Heavens is a long Eastern fantasy novel by web novelist Yao Yuan. It was serialized from 2014 on platforms such as "A Thousand and One Pa…

Publishers

CITIC PressPeking University PressThe Commercial Press