A philosophy writer and researcher specializing in Chinese philosophy, philosophy of history, and particularly the intersection of both. His other research interests revolve around comparative philosophy, Marxism, and the philosophy of culture.
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Born in Częstochowa in 1992. He received his B.A. in Chinese studies and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Since 2019 he has been teaching in the AMU Faculty of Philosophy, where he is now Assistant Professor in Asian Philosophy and the Deputy Dean for Research and International Collaboration.
His main contribution to the development of studies on Chinese thought involves the (re-)discovery of the Chinese philosophy of history, resulting in the monograph Chinese Philosophy of History. From Ancient Confucianism to the End of the Eighteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2020), a series of peer-reviewed papers investigating Confucianism and Chinese Marxism, and most importantly, the three-volume history of Chinese Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy and its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Co-edited with Dr. Selusi Ambrogio and published in 2024 with Bloomsbury, it is the most extensive history of Chinese thought to date and a result of cooperation with more than seventy scholars worldwide (more).
Dr. Rogacz conducted research stays at Nankai University in Tianjin (Summer 2015), City University of Hongkong (Spring 2017), and Leiden University (September 2021 and July-August 2023). He has attended more than forty conferences and congresses around the world, including Asia, North America, and South America. He is a member of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP), the International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP), and a board member of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP) and the journal Asian Studies.
Dr. Rogacz received numerous scholarships and awards, including the Polish Ministry of Higher Education scholarship, the SACP Best Essay Award, and the EACP Young Scholar Award. He is a recipient of two National Science Centre grants: “Chinese Philosophy of History” (2015-2019) and “Philosophical Views of History and Historiography in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century China” (2019-2025). He is also the Principal Investigator of the National Program for the Development of Humanities Grant “Polish translation and critical edition of ‘Lunheng’ (‘Balanced Essays’) of Wang Chong.”
Currently, he is working on a first study of the Chinese Marxist philosophies of history and the monograph on the revival of Confucian philosophy during the Sui-Tang transition.
Publications
Editorial projects:
1. (with Selusi Ambrogio) Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers. From Ancient Times to the Present Day, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2024, ISBN 9781350263772, 1440 pages.
Vol.I Chinese Ancient and Early Imperial Philosophy
Vol. II Chinese Imperial Philosophy After Buddhism
Vol. III Chinese Philosophy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
English-language monographs:
1. Chinese Philosophy of History. From Ancient Confucianism to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2020, ISBN 9781350150119, 9781350150102.
Polish-language monographs:
1. Chińska filozofia historii. Od początków do końca XVIII wieku, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2019, ISBN 9788323234883.
2. W stronę radykalnego pluralizmu religijnego, Wydawnictwo Libron, Kraków 2016, ISBN 9788365148513.
Peer-reviewed papers:
1. “The Revival of Confucian Philosophy Through Its Interaction with Daoism: The Case of Sixth-Century Master Liu (Liuzi)“, Religions 15 (2024), 1437.
2. “Interplanetary Revolutions: Marxist Transhumanism, Mao’s Cosmic Communism, and Beyond“, Asian Studies vol. 12, no. 2 (2024), 221-243.
3. “The living past and self-made future: Li Dazhao’s metaphilosophy of history“, Man and Society / Człowiek i Społeczeństwo vol. 53 (2022), 187-199.
4. “Sincerity (cheng) as a civic and political virtue in classical Confucian philosophy“, Philosophy Compass vol. 17, no. 6 (2022).
5. “Pushed Forward by Lifted Hearts: On Stanislaus Lo Kuang’s Sino-Christian Philosophy of History“, Religions vol. 13, no. 3 (2022).
6. “Operating with Names: Operational Definitions in the Analects and Beyond“, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy vol. 21, no. 1 (2022), 19-35.
7. “The Idea of Supreme Peace (Taiping) in Premodern Chinese Philosophies of History“, Asian Studies vol. 10, no. 1 (2022), 401-424.
8. “The struggle for memory: Jian Bozan on historical materialism“, International Journal of Asian Studies vol. 19, no. 1 (2022), 99-116.
9. “Inaudible Sounds and Nonhuman Harmony: On Daoist Mysticism of Music“, Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies vol. 61, no. 21 (2022), 115-128.
10. “Historical materialism in medieval China: The cases of Liu Zongyuan (773-819) and Li Gou (1009-1059)“, Asian Philosophy vol. 31, no. 4 (2021), 385-401.
11. “The Virtue of a Historian: a dialogue between Herman Paul and Chinese Theorists of History”, History and Theory vol. 58, no. 2 (2019), 252-267.
12. “Racist curricula and the challenge of multicultural philosophy”, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, vol. 21, no. 2 (2019), 291-299.
13. “Unheeded History: A Critical Engagement with Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen’s ‘Postnarrativism’”, Rethinking History vol. 22 no. 4 (2018), 474-489.
14. “The birth of enlightenment secularism from the spirit of Confucianism”, Asian Philosophy, vol. 28, no. 1 (2018), 68-83.
15. “In the Shadow of the Decay. The Philosophy of History of Mencius and Xunzi”, Asian Studies vol. 21, no. 1 (2017), 147-171.
16. “Religious Pluralism in the Philosophy of Mysticism“, The Religious Studies Review vol. 266, no. 4, 169-182.
Chapters in monographs:
1. “Tang Confucianism: Ruist Philosophy from the Seventh to the Ninth Century” in Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day Volume Two: Chinese Imperial Philosophy after Buddhism, ed. by Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2024, 171-191.
2. “Confucian Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century: Statecraft Thought, the Changzhou School, and Reformism” in Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Volume Three: Chinese Philosophy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, ed. by Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2024, 31-50.
3. “Marxist Philosophy in Post-Maoist China” in Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Volume Three: Chinese Philosophy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, ed. by Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2024, 293-310.
4. “Concerned with Life: The Elements of Confucian (Ruist) Bioethics” in Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. Volume Three: Chinese Philosophy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, ed. by Selusi Ambrogio and Dawid Rogacz, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2024, 347-353.
5. “The Dynamics of Power in Postwar China: An Attempt at a Theoretical Analysis“, in: New Developments in the Theory of the Historical Process: Polish Contributions to Non-Marxian Historical Materialism, edited by Krzysztof Brzechczyn, Brill, Boston-Leiden 2022, 314-334.
6. “Spring and Autumn Annals as Narrative Explanation”, in: Towards a Revival of Analytical Philosophy of History. Around Paul A. Roth’s Vision of Historical Sciences, edited by Krzysztof Brzechczyn, Brill-Rodopi, Boston-Leiden 2018, 254-272, 10.1163/9789004356900_015.
7. “The Motif of Legendary Emperors Yao and Shun in Ancient Chinese Literature”, in: Rethinking Orient. In Search of Sources and Inspirations, edited by Adam Bednarczyk, Magdalena Kubarek & Maciej Szatkowski, Peter Lang, Warsaw 2017, 113-125.
8. “Knowledge and Truth in the Thought of Jizang (549-623)”, in: Word in the Cultures of the East: sound, language, book, edited by Piotr Mróz, Małgorzata Ruchel, Anna I. Wójcik, Wydawnictwo Libron, Cracow 2016, 225-237.
Papers and chapters in Polish:
1. “Projekt metapolityki transcendentalnej Tadeusza Buksińskiego a konfucjańska filozofia polityczna: studium porównawcze” Sensus Historiae 47 (2022), 33-42.
2. “Metodologiczne uwarunkowania badań nad filozofią chińską” W: “Badania myśli pozaeuropejskiej w Polsce: tradycje – stan rzeczy – projekty”, red. Anna Czajka, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW, Warszawa 2022, 89-109.
3. „Jak “Chiny” stworzyły Europę: narodziny oświeceniowego sekularyzmu z ducha konfucjanizmu”, Diametros vol. 54 (2017), 138-160.
4. “Recepcja historiozofii Augusta Cieszkowskiego w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej. Historiozofia Cieszkowskiego a komunistyczna filozofia historii Marksa”, Kronos vol. 43, no. 4 (2017), 129-148.
5. „Idea korelacji Nieba i ludzkości jako paradygmat religii konfucjańskiej”, Przegląd Religioznawczy, vol. 263, no. 1 (2017), 95-109.
6. „Dynamika władzy w powojennych Chinach. Próba analizy teoretycznej” Człowiek i Społeczeństwo vol. 42 (2016), 161-181.
7. „Minglitan: chiński przekład i komentarz Kategorii Arystotelesa z XVII wieku” Peitho. Examina Antiqua vol. 7 (2016), 273-284.
8. „Spór o etnocentryzm w filozofii historii a sprawa chińska” Filo-Sofija vol. 32 no. 1 (2016), 21-40.
9. „Chińskie konstruowanie historii” Filo-Sofija vol. 28 no. 1 (2015), 77-90.
10. „Pojęcie Nieba (Tian) w filozofii konfucjańskiej”, Przegląd Religioznawczy vol. 257, no. 3 (2015), 167-185.
11. „Konfucjanizm Yong Huanga na rozdrożu pomiędzy tradycją i współczesnością” Prace Naukowe AJD. Filozofia, vol. 12 (2015), 75-88.
12. “Filozofia ekspercka – nieakademicka kontrofensywa filozofii?” Człowiek i Społeczeństwo vol. 39 (2015), 101-111.
13. “Sloterdijka krytyka mesjanizmu”, in: ,,Mesjańskie imaginaria Europy (i okolic)”, edited by Anna Janek, Adam Regiewicz, Artur Żywiołek, Wydawnictwo AJD, Częstochowa 2015, 81-90.
14 „Dharma kołem się toczy. O zanikaniu szkół filozoficznych buddyzmu chińskiego w V–VII wieku” Prace Naukowe AJD. Filozofia, vol. 11 (2014), 97-112.
15. „Ramy dialogu chrześcijańsko-buddyjskiego” Humaniora no. 7 (2014), 95-103.
16. “Osoba i wolność w myśli Pierre’a Teilharda de Chardin” Filozofia Chrześcijańska vol. 10 (2013), 149-160.
17. “Dwie wizje tożsamości. Szkic z ontologii społecznej” Prace Naukowe AJD w Częstochowie. Filozofia, vol. 10 (2013), 117-127.
18. „Misja Ramakriszny jako nowy ruch religijny” Humaniora no. 4, (2013), 121-126.
Student essays:
1. “Hermeneutyka przywłaszczenia Uehary Senroku” Preteksty 2/2014.
2. “Logika Dharmakirtiego” Preteksty 1/2014.
3. “Ani ani byt, ani niebyt. O związkach między mistyką, logiką i metafizyką w myśli Nagardżuny” Preteksty 2/2013.
4. “Problematyka relacji materii do formy w XVI-wiecznym neokonfucjanizmie koreańskim” Preteksty 1/2013.
5. “Pojęcie różnicy w myśli Heideggera” Preteksty 1/2012.
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News
Book launch at INALCO
Dr. Dawid Rogacz and Dr. Selusi Ambrogio held a book launch around their three-volume set „Chinese Philosophy and Its Thinkers” hosted by Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) in Paris on 20th February 2025.
History of Concepts Conference, Rio
Dr. Dawid Rogacz gave the talk, “The concept of undeveloped socialism: a useful myth, a resisting reality,” within the panel Making/Unmaking Myths: Conceptual Histories from 20th Century China during the 25th History of Concepts conference, Rio de Janeiro (Dec. 5-7, 2024).
Master Liu: The Revival of Confucian Philosophy in the Sixth-Century
Dr. Dawid Rogacz has published a paper offering the first English-language philosophical treatment of Master Liu (Liuzi 劉子)—a treatise that gives a unique insight into the intellectual life of sixth-century China. The article argues that Liuzi integrated Confucian moral philosophy with selected Daoist ideas and responded to post-Buddhist transformations of key categories of Chinese thought …
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