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Wenpei Tang
Life Science
Peking University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Philosophy
Medicine
History
Science
Historiography
Medical Thought
Academic
Research
Education
Philosophical Analysis
Areas of Focus
- Medical Philosophy
- History of Medical Thought
- Historiography of Science
Work Experience
- 2008-present: Peking University, Medical Department
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999-2003: Bachelor of Philosophy, Xiamen University
- 2003-2008: PhD in Philosophy of Science and Technology, Peking University
Publications
- The Contribution of Medieval Scholastic Philosophy to the Legacy of Science, Wenpei Tang, 2006
- Analysis of Scientific Literacy Literature Included in Chinese Journals, Wenpei Tang, 2007
- Textual Research on 'Hessen Thesis', Wenpei Tang, 2008
- Merton's Early Work and the Historical Origins of the 'Hessen Thesis', Wenpei Tang, 2009
- Unintentional Success: Historical Encounters of the 'Hessen Thesis', Wenpei Tang, 2010
- Early Attempts in Marxist History of Science: The Case of the 'Hessen Thesis', Wenpei Tang, 2011
- The True Intentions of the 'Hessen Thesis' Examined, Wenpei Tang, 2011
- Bernard and Marxism, Wenpei Tang, 2011
- The Construction and Evolution of the Medicalization Concept, Wenpei Tang, 2015
- The Emergence of Health Humanities and Its Contemporary Challenges, Wenpei Tang, 2017
- Women's Health Movement and the Demedicalization of Childbirth, Wenpei Tang, 2017
- Obstetric Ultrasound: Between Technology and Society, Wenpei Tang, 2017
- Study on Barbara Ehrenreich's Feminist Medical Critique, Wenpei Tang, 2018
- The Medicalization of the Life Process: The History and Debate of Menopause as a Disease, Wenpei Tang, 2018
- The Body Politics of Pain: The Historical Evolution of the Concept of Pain Relief in Childbirth, Wenpei Tang, 2018
- Medical Interventions in Childbirth and Social Responses: A Medicalization Perspective, Wenpei Tang, 2018
- Male Menopause Syndrome: Concept and Its Evolution, Wenpei Tang, 2018
- Joseph Needham on the Relationship Between Science and Economy, Wenpei Tang, 2018
- Examining the Evolution of Contemporary Women's Health Views: The Case of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves', Wenpei Tang, 2018
- The Proposal and Impact of the Marxist History of Science Program, Wenpei Tang, 2019
- The Medicalization of Bodily Experiences: The Case of Premenstrual Syndrome, Wenpei Tang, 2019
- A Significant Advance in Maternal and Child Health History: Folic Acid Prevention of Neural Tube Defects, Wenpei Tang, 2020
- Historical Review of Cervical Cancer Screening in China, Wenpei Tang, 2020
- The History and Significance of Cervical Cancer Screening in China, Wenpei Tang, 2021
- The Soviet Committee on the History of Science and the Second International Congress on the History of Science and Technology, Wenpei Tang, 2021
- The Formation and Continuity of Hessen's Marxist View of the History of Science, Wenpei Tang, 2021
- The Early Voices of Contemporary Medical Criticism: Thomas Stephen Szasz's Critique of Psychiatry, Wenpei Tang
- The History and Debate of Cervical Cancer Screening, Wenpei Tang, 2021
- The Dissolution of Pain in Contemporary Medicine: The Origins of Ivan Illich's Medical Critique, Wenpei Tang
- Health and Society Co-Construction: Based on the Study of the Women's Health Movement, Wenpei Tang, 2021
- Theoretical and Practical Perspectives from Dialectical Materialism, Wenpei Tang, 2021
- Postpartum Depression: Mindset or Pathology, Wenpei Tang, 2022
- The Early Spread and Circumstances of the Marxist View of the History of Science: Based on the Self-Report of the Soviet Delegation at the Second International Congress on the History of Science and Technology, Wenpei Tang, 2022
- The Establishment of Soviet Marxism on the International Stage: The Encounter of the Soviet Delegation at the Second International Congress on the History of Science and Technology, Wenpei Tang, 2022
- Returning to Woman-Centered Obstetric Practice: The Proposal, Debate, and Impact of the Dick-Read Natural Childbirth Philosophy, Wenpei Tang
- The Driving Forces and Paradoxes of Medicalization, Wenpei Tang, 2023
- History of International Research and Monitoring of Birth Defects (Part One), Wenpei Tang, 2023
- History of International Research and Monitoring of Birth Defects (Part Two), Wenpei Tang, 2023
- Historical Study on the Establishment of Cancerous Infectious Causes, Wenpei Tang
- From Hearing Tests to Newborn Hearing Screening (Part One), Wenpei Tang, 2023
- Han Qide and Dialectical Materialism, Wenpei Tang, 2024
- From Hearing Tests to Newborn Hearing Screening (Part Two), Wenpei Tang, 2024
- Guarding the Angels Who Struggle to Eat Human Fireworks: The Discovery, Treatment, and Screening History of the Rare Disease Phenylketonuria (Part One), Wenpei Tang, 2024
- The Cognitive and Screening Path for Down Syndrome, Wenpei Tang, 2024
Awards
- 2016: First Batch of Beijing Universities' Outstanding Ideological and Political Theory Teachers
- 2018: Second Prize in Women/Gender Studies from the Chinese Women's Research Society
- 2020: Green Leaf Bio-Medicine Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Peking University
