hmoeller@um.edu.mo
Tel
(853) 8822 4088
Office
E21-4112
Consultation Hours
Mondays, 18:00-19:00
Thursdays, 15:00-16:00
or by appointment
Hans-Georg MOELLER
Research Interests
My research focuses on Chinese and Comparative Philosophy (specifically Daoism) and on Social and Political Thought (specifically Social Systems Theory).
| 2009-2014 | Senior Lecturer, Philosophy Department, University College Cork |
| 2007-2008 | Professor, Department of Philosophy, Brock University |
| 2001-2007 | Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Brock University |
| 1991-2001 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Sinologisches Seminar, Universität Bonn, Germany |
FAH Best Teacher Award 2023/2024, University of Macau
The Hodges Foundation for Philosophical Orientation, Essay Prize Competition 2022. (1st prize, co-authored with Paul D’Ambrosio)
Outstanding Academic Staff 2018/2019 (Research Performance), University of Macau
2018 Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy Annual Best Essay Award (co-authored with Paul D’Ambrosio and Hans-Rudolf Kantor)
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010: The Moral Fool
Brock University, Chancellor’s Chair for Research Excellence 2007-2010
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2006: The Philosophy of the Daodejing
Fedor-Lynen Research Scholar (Humboldt Foundation) 2000-2001
Straniak-Philosophie-Preis, 1995
You and Your Profile: Identity after Authenticity. With Paul D’Ambrosio. New York: Columbia University Press. 2021.
Italian translation: Il tuo profilo e te. L’identità dopo l’autenticità. Milan: Mimesis. 2022.
Korean translation: 프로필 사회. Seoul: Saeng-gag-ieum (Thinking) 생각이음. 2022.
Arab and Polish translations forthcoming
Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. With Paul D’Ambrosio. New York: Columbia University Press. 2017.
Chinese translation: 游心之路：《庄子》与现代西方哲学. Beijing: United Sky 北京联合天际, 2019.
The Radical Luhmann. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011.
Japanese translation: ラディカル・ルーマン: 必然性の哲学から偶有性の理論. Tokyo: Shin-yo-sha, 2018.
Italian translation: Per comprendere Luhmann. Milan: IPOC, 2016.
The Moral Fool. A Case for Amorality. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.
Chinese translation: 道德愚人： 置身道德高地之外. Shanghai: Dongfang Chuban Zhongxin 东方出版中心. 2023.
Daodejing (Laozi). A Complete Translation and Commentary. Chicago: Open Court, 2007.
Luhmann Explained. From Souls to Systems. Chicago: Open Court. 2006.
The Philosophy of the Daodejing. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
Italian translation: La filosofia del Daodejing. Turin: Einaudi, 2007.
Chinese Translation: 道德经的哲学. Beijing: Renmin 人民出版社, 2010.
Chinese Translation: 东西之道：《道德经》与西方哲学. Beijing: United Sky 北京联合天际, 2018
Korean translation: 도덕경의 철학 , Seoul: Ehaksa 이학사, 2021.