Stefan Hueppe-Moon
Research Fellow at the Professorship for Chinese History and Culture
Empirical Study: Employee Well-Being
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Goethe-University Campus Bockenheim, Juridicum, room 515 (5th floor) Mailing address: |
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Project related research
The protection of employee well-being is one of the most urgent problems facing contemporary China. Within the wider topic of employee wellbeing, the working conditions of Chinese workers, especially migrant workers, are most problematic. At the forefront of Chinese worker’s concerns and grievances are violations of their most fundamental rights, namely the right to a fair wage, the right to rest, and the right to an intact body. Additionally, Chinese workers are also suffering from the withholding of the right to freedom of association, the rights to organize and bargain collectively, as well as the many problems that are connected to the hukou-system. All of this is happening amidst what many call the Chinese economic miracle. However, the gap between the poor and the rich seems to grow steadily, putting the professedly still “socialist” state under pressure to live up to its claim to champion the cause of the worker.
How do contemporary Chinese scholars and intellectuals engaged in political thought answer the questions that arise from this situation? How can social and economic justice be achieved? How can migrant workers be protected? With the disadvantaged, the weak, and the vulnerable in mind, how are the relationships between government, intellectuals and common people envisaged? How do they relate to authoritarianism and paternalism? How do they relate to empowerment and individual rights?
Other research interests
My research interests focus on contemporary political philosophy and theory in the People’s Republic of China and their significance for Chinese and global discourses. Here I am especially interested in the ways Chinese scholars and intellectuals engaged in political thought challenge long held believes central to Western political philosophy, rejecting some of these ideas while simultaneously creatively adapting and modifying others. Most of my recent research revolves around the study of Confucianism as a framework to meet the variety of challenges now facing a rapidly changing Chinese society.
In addition, research on political theory in both East and West has led me to pay attention to the more general questions of interaction between societies. Meeting the global challenges facing us today necessitates detailed looks into the ways ideas and knowledge travel through time and across boundaries. Often this interaction is fraught with misunderstandings and fears. In this context I am especially interested in the use and depiction of foreigners and foreign things in Chinese modernity and the ways the West admires and fears a rising China.
Employment history
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Jan 2014 - |
Research Fellow at the Professorship for Chinese History and Culture (Institute for Sinology), Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main |
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Okt 2009 - |
Student assistant in the department for Sinology of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. |
Academic background
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Okt 2005 – |
M.A. in sinology and political sciences at the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-University Frankfurt |
| October 7 - 8, 2016 | (with Elisa Hörhager): “Protecting the Weak in Contemporary Political Philosophy”, paper presented at the conference “Protecting the Weak – Concepts and East Asian Evidence”, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
| June 24 - 26, 2016 | “New (Old) Ways of Protecting the Weak: Distributive Justice in Contemporary Confucian Political Thought”, paper presented at the SASE 2016 Conference at the University of California, Berkeley, at the session (organized by Markus Heckel and Ioan Trifu) “Protecting the Weak”: Social Justice and Wellbeing in China and Japan. |
| Feb 19, 2016 | “New (Old) Ways of Protecting the Weak? Distributive Justice in Contemporary Confucian Political Thought”, presentation at the seminar / Ph.D. workshop of Isabelle Thireau “Normes sociales et légitimité en Chine contemporaine”, EHESS, Paris, France |
| Oct 30 – 31, 2015 | “New (Old) Ways of Protecting the Weak: Distributive Justice in Contemporary Confucian Political Thought”, paper presented at the “Young Scholars Forum”, co-organized by the Goethe University Frankfurt, Fudan University and Confucius Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany |
