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Name

Boqing Cheng

Contact Information

bqcheng@nju.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Nanjing University
Faculty	Social and Behavioral Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	Bachelor's Degree: Nanjing University Master's Degree: Nankai University Doctoral Degree: Nanjing University Changjiang Scholar National Teaching Master Vice President of the Chinese Sociological Association Director of the Space-Time Sociology Professional Committee Vice President of the Social Change Research Association President of the Jiangsu Sociological Association Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Program
Awards	Second Prize in the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) Third Prize in the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) First Prize in the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award Second Prize in the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award Third Prize in the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award Luxueyi Sociology Outstanding Paper Award Second Prize in the National Teaching Achievement Award Special Prize in the Jiangsu Province Teaching Achievement Award First Prize in the Jiangsu Province Teaching Achievement Award Second Prize in the First National Excellent Textbook Award

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Nanjing University

Faculty

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

Awards

Second Prize in the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Third Prize in the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences)
First Prize in the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
Second Prize in the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
Third Prize in the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
Luxueyi Sociology Outstanding Paper Award
Second Prize in the National Teaching Achievement Award
Special Prize in the Jiangsu Province Teaching Achievement Award
First Prize in the Jiangsu Province Teaching Achievement Award
Second Prize in the First National Excellent Textbook Award

Areas of Focus	Theoretical Sociology Emotional Sociology Social Governance History of Sociological Thought
Publications	Georg Simmel: Diagnosis of Modernity, Boqing Cheng, 1999 Beyond Modernity: The Reorientation of Contemporary Western Sociological Theory, Boqing Cheng, 2006 Emotion, Narrative, and Rhetoric: Explorations in Social Theory, Boqing Cheng, 2012 The Rhetoric of Sociology, Boqing Cheng, 2002 Utopian Realism: Possibility and Desirability - Also on the Characteristics of Giddens' Social Theory, Boqing Cheng, 2008 An Age Without Passion? - Reading Hirschman's 'Passions and Interests', Boqing Cheng, 2009 Sociality in the Internet Age, Boqing Cheng, 2014 Time, Narrative, and Imagination: Bringing the Historical Dimension Back to Sociology, Boqing Cheng, 2015 Sociological Analysis of Contemporary Emotional Regimes, Boqing Cheng, 2017 Passion and Society: A Preliminary Study of Marx's Emotional Sociology (co-authored with Lin Yan Li), Boqing Cheng, 2017

Areas of Focus

Theoretical Sociology
Emotional Sociology
Social Governance
History of Sociological Thought

Publications

Georg Simmel: Diagnosis of Modernity, Boqing Cheng, 1999
Beyond Modernity: The Reorientation of Contemporary Western Sociological Theory, Boqing Cheng, 2006
Emotion, Narrative, and Rhetoric: Explorations in Social Theory, Boqing Cheng, 2012
The Rhetoric of Sociology, Boqing Cheng, 2002
Utopian Realism: Possibility and Desirability - Also on the Characteristics of Giddens' Social Theory, Boqing Cheng, 2008
An Age Without Passion? - Reading Hirschman's 'Passions and Interests', Boqing Cheng, 2009
Sociality in the Internet Age, Boqing Cheng, 2014
Time, Narrative, and Imagination: Bringing the Historical Dimension Back to Sociology, Boqing Cheng, 2015
Sociological Analysis of Contemporary Emotional Regimes, Boqing Cheng, 2017
Passion and Society: A Preliminary Study of Marx's Emotional Sociology (co-authored with Lin Yan Li), Boqing Cheng, 2017

Theory Sociology Emotion Governance History Thought Social Change Modernity Narrative Rhetoric

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