Chen Hon-fai
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong
Biography
Chen Hon-fai received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and joined Lingnan University in 2012. His research interests include social theory, historical sociology, sociology of knowledge, and sociology of religion. He teaches Introduction to Sociology, Classical Sociological Theory, Contemporary Sociological Theory, and Reading Great Social Thinkers.
Research Interest
Social theory, Historical sociology, Sociology of knowledge,Sociology of religion
Publications
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Chen Hon-fai (2014) “Civilization and Competition: Study Societies and State Formation in Late Qing China,†Journal of Social and Cultural Research, occasional paper no. 10, published by the Center of Qualitative Social Research, Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
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Chen Hon-fai (2015) “Illich, Ivan,†in James D. Wright (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oxford: The Boulevard.
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Chen, Hon-fai (2017 forthcoming) “Parsons, Talcott,†in Bryan S. Turner (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Social Theory, John Wiley & Sons.
