1949年生于浙江兰溪市,1982年毕业于复旦大学哲学系,1986年在华东师范大学获硕士学位,曾任教于上海市城建学院,现为华东理工大学社会学院教授,社会发展研究中心主任。主要研究领域:社会转型比较研究、乡村社会变迁研究。著有《现代西方人生哲学》、《平等论》、《当代浙北乡村的社会文化变迁》(合著)、《中国单位现象研究》、《黄河边的中国》、《中国七问》等。 He was born in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province in 1949 and graduated from Philosophy Department of Fudan University in 1982. He obtained a master’s degree from East China Normal University in 1986 and taught at Shanghai Urban Construction Institute. Now he is a professor at East China University of Science and Technology and director of Social Development Research Center. The main research areas: comparative study of social transformation, rural social change research. He is the author of “The Philosophy of Modern Western Life”, “Equality Theory”, “Social and Cultural Changes in the Contemporary Zhejiang North Rural Areas” (co-author), “Studies on the Phenomenon of China’s Units”, “China on the Yellow River” and “China’s Seven Questions.”