Email

hmoeller@um.edu.mo

Tel

(853) 8822 4088

Office

E21-4112

Consultation Hours

Mondays, 18:00-19:00

Fridays, 11:30-12:30

and 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

Outstanding Academic Staff 2018/2019 (Research Performance), University of Macau

2018 Dao Annual Best Essay Award (issued by Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy) for paper on “Incongruent Names: A Theme in the History of Chinese Philosophy,” co-published 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

Books authored (in English):

  1. Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. With Paul D’Ambrosio. New York: Columbia University Press. 2017.
  2. 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.D
  3. The Moral Fool. A Case for Amorality. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.
  4. Daodejing (Laozi). A Complete Translation and Commentary. Chicago: Open Court, 2007.
  5. Luhmann Explained. From Souls to Systems. Chicago: Open Court. 2006.
  6. The Philosophy of the Daodejing. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. Italian translation:  La filosofia del Daodejing. Turin: Einaudi, 2007. Chinese Translation: 东西之道：《道德经》与西方哲学. Beijing: Lianhe 北京: 联合出版公司, 2018.
  7. Daoism Explained. From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory. Chicago, La Salle: Open Court. 2004.