Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zheng Liu is a researcher whose work bridges phenomenology, technological mediation, and emerging techno-ethical issues, with a strong publication record spanning SSCI and A&HCI indexed journals. With 37 citations, an h-index of 4, and multiple documents published since 2020, his scholarship advances critical discussions on embodiment, the Internet of Bodies, datafied human enhancement, and comparative phenomenology. His recent contributions include analyses of Merleau-Ponty’s body theory, Fazang’s Indra’s Net, moral suspension in technological mediation, and the interplay between human nature and illness through cross-cultural philosophical perspectives. His publications in Religions, Human Studies, Filosofija. Sociologija, and HTS Theological Studies reflect his interdisciplinary engagement with philosophy, ethics, and technology. His research has been supported by competitive national funding, including a significant project on the philosophical issues of the Internet of Bodies. His scholarly output demonstrates a consistent focus on how technological systems reshape human experience, embodiment, moral agency, and future societal structures, contributing meaningfully to contemporary debates at the intersection of philosophy, ethics, and digital culture.
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Featured Publications
Liu, Z. (2025). When Merleau-Ponty encounters Fazang: Comparing Merleau-Pontian body-network with Fazang’s interpretation of Indra’s Net for a critical techno-ethics. Religions, 16(11), 1425.
Liu, Z. (2025). Toward datafied human enhancement: Concept, functional classifications and ethical issues. Filosofija. Sociologija, 36(1), 85–93.
Liu, Z. (2023). Internet of Bodies, datafied embodiment and our quantified religious future. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 79(1), Article 8398.
Liu, Z. (2022). Flesh, vital energy and illness: A comparative phenomenological study of human–nature relations inspired by the contexts of later Merleau-Ponty and the Zhuangzi. Religions, 13(7), 637.
Liu, Z. (2022). Technological mediation theory and the moral suspension problem. Human Studies, 46, 375–388.
Liu, Z. (2020). 論梅洛-龐蒂身體現象學視域中的技術問題 [On technological issues in Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of the body]. 哲學與文化 (Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture), 47(10), 161–176.