Speaker: Prof. Smail Rapic, University of Wuppertal, Germany

Moderator: Prof. Zhao Yulan, School of Marxism Studies, Renmin University of China

Discussants:

Prof. Zhang Xiuqin, School of Marxism Studies, Renmin University of China

Lecturer Wang Xiaonan, School of Marxism Studies, Renmin University of China

Academic Translation: Assoc. Prof. Wang Li, School of Marxism Studies, Renmin University of China

Time: 9:30-11:30, Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Venue: High-Level Innovation Center Conference Hall, 10th Floor, Humanities Building, Renmin University of China

Languages: Chinese/English

Organizers:

School of Marxism Studies, RUC

21st Century Chinese Marxism Research Center

Research Center for Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, RUC

Contemporary Political Parties Research Platform, RUC

Beijing Higher Education Precision Innovation Center for Ideological and Political Theory Courses

About the Speaker:

Smail Rapic (1958— ) earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Cologne, Germany, in 1997. He subsequently held academic positions at the University of Cologne (1998–2004) and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2005–2007). Since 2010, he has served as a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wuppertal in Germany, specializing in practical philosophy and modern philosophy.

Professor Rapic's seminal monographs include Ethical Self-Understanding: Kierkegaard’s Debate with Kantian Ethics and Hegel’s Philosophy of Right (2007), Subjective Freedom and Social Institutions: Perspectives from Social Critical Theory in the Rousseau-Habermas-Luhmann Debate (2008), and Normativity and History: On the Apel-Habermas Controversy (2019). His edited volumes encompass Habermas and Historical Materialism (2014), Beyond Capitalism (2020), Philosophy of Nature, Social Theory, Socialism: On the Contemporary Relevance of Friedrich Engels (2022), and Friedrich Engels in the 21st Century: Reflections and Reappraisals (2022).